sonner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French soner, suner, from Latin sonāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ.ne/
Audio: (file)
Verb
sonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of sonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sonnant /sɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sonné /sɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sonne /sɔn/ |
sonnes /sɔn/ |
sonne /sɔn/ |
sonnons /sɔ.nɔ̃/ |
sonnez /sɔ.ne/ |
sonnent /sɔn/ |
| imperfect | sonnais /sɔ.nɛ/ |
sonnais /sɔ.nɛ/ |
sonnait /sɔ.nɛ/ |
sonnions /sɔ.njɔ̃/ |
sonniez /sɔ.nje/ |
sonnaient /sɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sonnai /sɔ.ne/ |
sonnas /sɔ.na/ |
sonna /sɔ.na/ |
sonnâmes /sɔ.nam/ |
sonnâtes /sɔ.nat/ |
sonnèrent /sɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | sonnerai /sɔn.ʁe/ |
sonneras /sɔn.ʁa/ |
sonnera /sɔn.ʁa/ |
sonnerons /sɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
sonnerez /sɔn.ʁe/ |
sonneront /sɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sonnerais /sɔn.ʁɛ/ |
sonnerais /sɔn.ʁɛ/ |
sonnerait /sɔn.ʁɛ/ |
sonnerions /sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sonneriez /sɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
sonneraient /sɔn.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 | sonne /sɔn/ |
sonnes /sɔn/ |
sonne /sɔn/ |
sonnions /sɔ.njɔ̃/ |
sonniez /sɔ.nje/ |
sonnent /sɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | sonnasse /sɔ.nas/ |
sonnasses /sɔ.nas/ |
sonnât /sɔ.na/ |
sonnassions /sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
sonnassiez /sɔ.na.sje/ |
sonnassent /sɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sonne /sɔn/ |
— | sonnons /sɔ.nɔ̃/ |
sonnez /sɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French soner, suner, from Latin sonō, sonāre (“make a noise, sound, resound”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
sonner (gerund sonn'nie)
Synonyms
- (to play): jouer
Derived terms
- sonneux (“bell ringer”)