Key facts

Ingérer

To ingest · to ingest/to swallow

C1Irregular
Stem
ingér
Past participle
ingéré

Examples

J'ingère le sirop.

I ingest the syrup.

Il n'ingère pas de sucre.

He doesn't ingest sugar.

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We were ingesting everything.

Nous avons ingéré le plat.

We ingested the dish.

This verb is highly irregular. Prioritize repetition and active recall.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
J'ingère
Ingest
Tuingères
Youingest
Ilingère
Heingests
Nousingérons
Weingest
Vousingérez
Youingest
Ilsingèrent
Theyingest

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais ingérer
Iam going to ingest
Tuvas ingérer
Youare going to ingest
Ilva ingérer
Heis going to ingest
Nousallons ingérer
Weare going to ingest
Vousallez ingérer
Youare going to ingest
Ilsvont ingérer
Theyare going to ingest

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens d'ingérer
Ihave just ingested
Tuviens d'ingérer
Youhave just ingested
Ilvient d'ingérer
Hehas just ingested
Nousvenons d'ingérer
Wehave just ingested
Vousvenez d'ingérer
Youhave just ingested
Ilsviennent d'ingérer
Theyhave just ingested

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai ingéré
Ihave ingested
Tuas ingéré
Youhave ingested
Ila ingéré
Hehas ingested
Nousavons ingéré
Wehave ingested
Vousavez ingéré
Youhave ingested
Ilsont ingéré
Theyhave ingested

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

J'ingérerais
Iwould ingest
Tuingérerais
Youwould ingest
Ilingérerait
Hewould ingest
Nousingérerions
Wewould ingest
Vousingéreriez
Youwould ingest
Ilsingéreraient
Theywould ingest

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

J'ingérerai
Iwill ingest
Tuingéreras
Youwill ingest
Ilingérera
Hewill ingest
Nousingérerons
Wewill ingest
Vousingérerez
Youwill ingest
Ilsingéreront
Theywill ingest

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

J'ingérais
Iwas ingesting
Tuingérais
Youwere ingesting
Ilingérait
Hewas ingesting
Nousingérions
Were ingesting
Vousingériez
Youwere ingesting
Ilsingéraient
Theywere ingesting

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)ingère
Youingest
(Nous)ingérons
Weingest
(Vous)ingérez
Youingest

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

ingérant
ingesting

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en ingérant
ingesting

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