je songe

think about, consider, dream

s ɔ̃ ʒ → songer
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #30,190
think about, consider Often used with à or y.
FR: Je songe à changer de travail.
EN: I'm thinking about changing jobs.
Conjugation of songer
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First songe —
Second songes songez
Third songe —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First songe —
Second songes —
Third songe —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second songe songez

Songe à passer ce permis.

Consider getting that license.

— Intouchables (2011)

Songe que tu es poussière.

Remember that you are dust.

N'y songe même pas.

Don't even think about it.

Voici longtemps que j'y songe.

I've been thinking about it for a long time.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Je n'y songe pas.

I don't think about it.

Songe à ce que cela pourrait t'apporter.

Think about what it could bring you.

Oui, on y songe.

Yes, we're thinking about it.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

J'y songe encore.

I’m still thinking about it.

J'y songe.

I'm thinking about it.

— The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir (2008)

Et comment, j'y songe !

Of course I’ve thought about it!

— Alien, la résurrection (1997)

Je n'y songe pas un instant.

It never even crosses my mind.

— L'ironie du sort, ou profitez de votre bain ! (1976)

Ne songe même pas à me demander ce que je pense de toi à l'instant.

Don't even think about asking me what I think of you right now.

Et ne songe pas à nettoyer mes tiroirs.

And don’t even think about cleaning out my drawers.

— L'ironie du sort, ou profitez de votre bain ! (1976)

noun · masculine Rare #43,909
dream More literary than the usual word rêve.
FR: J’ai fait un songe étrange cette nuit.
EN: I had a strange dream last night.

Songe d'une nuit d'été ?

A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

La vie est un songe.

Life is a dream.

Je le fais souvent ce songe.

I have this dream often.

— Le Miroir (1975)

Je viens de te voir en songe.

I just saw you in a dream.

— Le Miroir (1975)

Moi, je fais régulièrement le même songe.

I have the same dream regularly.

— Le Miroir (1975)

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