Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Introduction to the verb reléguer
The English translation of the French verb reléguer is “to relegate.” It is pronounced “reh-lay-guh”.
Reléguer comes from the Latin word “relēgāre,” which means “to send away” or “to banish.” In every day French, reléguer is commonly used to describe the action of demoting someone or something to a lower position or rank, or to exclude them from a group or activity.
Three simple examples of reléguer in everyday French are:
- L’entraîneur a relégué le joueur au banc de touche. (The coach relegated the player to the bench.)
- Les nouvelles règles ont relégué cette pratique à l’arrière-plan. (The new rules pushed this practice to the background.)
- Suite à sa mauvaise performance, elle a été reléguée dans un poste inférieur. (Due to her poor performance, she was demoted to a lower position.)
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Reléguer – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of reléguer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | Je relègue | Je relègue mes souvenirs au passé. | I relegate my memories to the past. |
Tu | Tu relègues | Tu relègues ta responsabilité sur moi. | You relegate your responsibility on me. |
Il | Il relègue | Il relègue toujours les tâches les plus difficiles à ses subordonnés. | He always relegates the most difficult tasks to his subordinates. |
Elle | Elle relègue | Elle relègue ses émotions au second plan. | She relegates her emotions to the background. |
On | On relègue | On relègue souvent les traditions au profit de la modernité. | We often relegate traditions in favor of modernity. |
Nous | Nous reléguons | Nous reléguons nos espoirs dans un avenir meilleur. | We relegate our hopes to a better future. |
Vous | Vous reléguez | Vous reléguez votre pouvoir de décision à la majorité. | You relegate your decision-making power to the majority. |
Ils | Ils relèguent | Ils relèguent leur rivalité sur le terrain. | They relegate their rivalry to the field. |
Elles | Elles relèguent | Elles relèguent leur amitié au second plan. | They relegate their friendship to the background. |
Other Conjugations for Reléguer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb reléguer
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