bourdonner
French
Etymology
From bourdon (“bumblebee”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁ.dɔ.ne/
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Verb
bourdonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of bourdonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bourdonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bourdonnant /buʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bourdonné /buʁ.dɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/ |
bourdonnes /buʁ.dɔn/ |
bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/ |
bourdonnons /buʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
bourdonnez /buʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
bourdonnent /buʁ.dɔn/ |
| imperfect | bourdonnais /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
bourdonnais /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
bourdonnait /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
bourdonnions /buʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
bourdonniez /buʁ.dɔ.nje/ |
bourdonnaient /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bourdonnai /buʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
bourdonnas /buʁ.dɔ.na/ |
bourdonna /buʁ.dɔ.na/ |
bourdonnâmes /buʁ.dɔ.nam/ |
bourdonnâtes /buʁ.dɔ.nat/ |
bourdonnèrent /buʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | bourdonnerai /buʁ.dɔn.ʁe/ |
bourdonneras /buʁ.dɔn.ʁa/ |
bourdonnera /buʁ.dɔn.ʁa/ |
bourdonnerons /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
bourdonnerez /buʁ.dɔn.ʁe/ |
bourdonneront /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bourdonnerais /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
bourdonnerais /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
bourdonnerait /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
bourdonnerions /buʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bourdonneriez /buʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
bourdonneraient /buʁ.dɔn.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 | bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/ |
bourdonnes /buʁ.dɔn/ |
bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/ |
bourdonnions /buʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
bourdonniez /buʁ.dɔ.nje/ |
bourdonnent /buʁ.dɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | bourdonnasse /buʁ.dɔ.nas/ |
bourdonnasses /buʁ.dɔ.nas/ |
bourdonnât /buʁ.dɔ.na/ |
bourdonnassions /buʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
bourdonnassiez /buʁ.dɔ.na.sje/ |
bourdonnassent /buʁ.dɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/ |
— | bourdonnons /buʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
bourdonnez /buʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “bourdonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
bourdonner