bénévoler
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
bénévoler
- (rare) to volunteer
- (rare) to be benevolent
Conjugation
Conjugation of bénévoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bénévoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bénévolant /be.ne.vɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bénévolé /be.ne.vɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/ |
bénévoles /be.ne.vɔl/ |
bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/ |
bénévolons /be.ne.vɔ.lɔ̃/ |
bénévolez /be.ne.vɔ.le/ |
bénévolent /be.ne.vɔl/ |
| imperfect | bénévolais /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/ |
bénévolais /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/ |
bénévolait /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/ |
bénévolions /be.ne.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
bénévoliez /be.ne.vɔ.lje/ |
bénévolaient /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bénévolai /be.ne.vɔ.le/ |
bénévolas /be.ne.vɔ.la/ |
bénévola /be.ne.vɔ.la/ |
bénévolâmes /be.ne.vɔ.lam/ |
bénévolâtes /be.ne.vɔ.lat/ |
bénévolèrent /be.ne.vɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | bénévolerai /be.ne.vɔl.ʁe/ |
bénévoleras /be.ne.vɔl.ʁa/ |
bénévolera /be.ne.vɔl.ʁa/ |
bénévolerons /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
bénévolerez /be.ne.vɔl.ʁe/ |
bénévoleront /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bénévolerais /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bénévolerais /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bénévolerait /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bénévolerions /be.ne.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bénévoleriez /be.ne.vɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
bénévoleraient /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/ |
bénévoles /be.ne.vɔl/ |
bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/ |
bénévolions /be.ne.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
bénévoliez /be.ne.vɔ.lje/ |
bénévolent /be.ne.vɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | bénévolasse /be.ne.vɔ.las/ |
bénévolasses /be.ne.vɔ.las/ |
bénévolât /be.ne.vɔ.la/ |
bénévolassions /be.ne.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
bénévolassiez /be.ne.vɔ.la.sje/ |
bénévolassent /be.ne.vɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/ |
— | bénévolons /be.ne.vɔ.lɔ̃/ |
bénévolez /be.ne.vɔ.le/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||