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Simple Pronunciation

voyager (vwah-yah-zhe)

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Tips to remember the French word ‘voyager’:

1. Relate ‘voyager’ to its English cognate ‘voyage.’ Both words share the root that means to make a journey or travel.
2. Associate the ‘voy’ in ‘voyager’ with the beginning of the word ‘voyage’ in English.
3. Remember that the endings ‘-er’ in French usually indicate an infinitive verb, much like ‘-to’ in English (to travel).

Explanations:

‘Voyager’ is a regular -ER verb in French which means ‘to travel.’ It’s used in a variety of contexts related to the act of traveling, much like its English equivalent.

Other words that mean the same thing:

– ‘Se déplacer’ (to move around)
– ‘Circuler’ (to move about, circulate, usually refers to traffic or less distant traveling)
– ‘Parcourir’ (to traverse or roam over a distance)

Conjugations for ‘voyager’ include:

– Infinitive: voyager (to travel)
– Present tense:
– je voyage (I travel)
– tu voyages (you travel, singular/informal)
– il/elle/on voyage (he/she/one travels)
– nous voyageons (we travel)
– vous voyagez (you travel, plural/formal)
– ils/elles voyagent (they travel, masculine/feminine)

– Past tense (Passé Composé):
– j’ai voyagé (I traveled)

– Imperfect:
– je voyageais (I was traveling)

– Future tense:
– je voyagerai (I will travel)

– Conditional:
– je voyagerais (I would travel)

– Subjunctive:
– que je voyage (that I travel)

– Imperative:
– voyage (travel, singular/informal)
– voyageons (let’s travel)
– voyagez (travel, plural/formal)

Examples of sentences using ‘voyager’:

1. Present: Je voyage souvent en Europe. (I often travel to Europe.)
2. Past (Passé Composé): J’ai voyagé à Paris l’année dernière. (I traveled to Paris last year.)
3. Imperfect: Quand j’étais enfant, nous voyagions en famille pendant l’été. (When I was a child, we would travel as a family during the summer.)
4. Future: L’année prochaine, je voyagerai au Japon. (Next year, I will travel to Japan.)
5. Conditional: Si j’avais plus de temps, je voyagerais autour du monde. (If I had more time, I would travel around the world.)
6. Subjunctive: Il faut que je voyage pour mon travail. (It’s necessary that I travel for my work.)
7. Imperative: Voyage plus souvent, cela élargira tes horizons! (Travel more often, it will broaden your horizons!)

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