faonner
French
Etymology
faon + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.ne/
Audio (file) - Homophone: faner
Verb
faonner
- (intransitive) to fawn; to give birth to a fawn, or young deer
Inflection
Conjugation of faonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | faonner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | faonnant /fa.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | faonné /fa.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | faonne /fan/ | faonnes /fan/ | faonne /fan/ | faonnons /fa.nɔ̃/ | faonnez /fa.ne/ | faonnent /fan/ |
imperfect | faonnais /fa.nɛ/ | faonnais /fa.nɛ/ | faonnait /fa.nɛ/ | faonnions /fa.njɔ̃/ | faonniez /fa.nje/ | faonnaient /fa.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | faonnai /fa.ne/ | faonnas /fa.na/ | faonna /fa.na/ | faonnâmes /fa.nam/ | faonnâtes /fa.nat/ | faonnèrent /fa.nɛʁ/ | |
future | faonnerai /fan.ʁe/ | faonneras /fan.ʁa/ | faonnera /fan.ʁa/ | faonnerons /fan.ʁɔ̃/ | faonnerez /fan.ʁe/ | faonneront /fan.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | faonnerais /fan.ʁɛ/ | faonnerais /fan.ʁɛ/ | faonnerait /fan.ʁɛ/ | faonnerions /fa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | faonneriez /fa.nə.ʁje/ | faonneraient /fan.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 | faonne /fan/ | faonnes /fan/ | faonne /fan/ | faonnions /fa.njɔ̃/ | faonniez /fa.nje/ | faonnent /fan/ |
imperfect2 | faonnasse /fa.nas/ | faonnasses /fa.nas/ | faonnât /fa.na/ | faonnassions /fa.na.sjɔ̃/ | faonnassiez /fa.na.sje/ | faonnassent /fa.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | faonne /fan/ | — | faonnons /fa.nɔ̃/ | faonnez /fa.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
- “faonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.