obliger
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verb
- to oblige, to require, to compel, to force
- (intransitive) to have to
- to help, to aid
Forms
Present
| I | oblige |
|---|---|
| you | obliges |
| he, she, it | oblige |
| we | obligeons |
| you (plural) | obligez |
| they | obligent |
Imperfect
| I | obligeais |
|---|---|
| you | obligeais |
| he, she, it | obligeait |
| we | obligions |
| you (plural) | obligiez |
| they | obligeaient |
Past historic
| I | obligeai |
|---|---|
| you | obligeas |
| he, she, it | obligea |
| we | obligeâmes |
| you (plural) | obligeâtes |
| they | obligèrent |
Future
| I | obligerai |
|---|---|
| you | obligeras |
| he, she, it | obligera |
| we | obligerons |
| you (plural) | obligerez |
| they | obligeront |
Conditional
| I | obligerais |
|---|---|
| you | obligerais |
| he, she, it | obligerait |
| we | obligerions |
| you (plural) | obligeriez |
| they | obligeraient |
Subjunctive
| I | oblige |
|---|---|
| you | obliges |
| he, she, it | oblige |
| we | obligions |
| you (plural) | obligiez |
| they | obligent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | obligeasse |
|---|---|
| you | obligeasses |
| he, she, it | obligeât |
| we | obligeassions |
| you (plural) | obligeassiez |
| they | obligeassent |
Imperative
| you | oblige |
|---|---|
| we | obligeons |
| you (plural) | obligez |
Other forms
| infinitive | obliger |
|---|---|
| past participle | obligé |
| gerund | obligeant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- – Vous m'avez donné le don de guérir les os brisés, et j'ai guéri; mais vous ne m'avez pas donné le don de guérir les maux comme ceux-ci: alors je suis obligé de laisser cette pauvre femme mourir."You have given me the gift to heal broken bones, and I have healed; but you have not given me the gift to heal evils like these: then I am obliged to let this poor woman die."B1Maria Chapdelaine
- On s'empressa de l'obliger.We rushed to force him.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Il oubliait les lenteurs obligées de la navigation, il s’exagérait la puissance de Milady.He forgot the slowness of navigation, he exaggerated Milady's power.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Je préfère qu'on ne m'oblige pas à mourir pour un empire qui ferme nos écoles françaises en Ontario.I'd rather not be forced to die for an empire that closes our French schools in Ontario.B2La crise de la conscription — The conscription crisis