questionner
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
questionner
- to question, interrogate
- to call into question
Conjugation
Conjugation of questionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | questionner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | questionnant /kɛs.tjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | questionné /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ | questionnes /kɛs.tjɔn/ | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ | questionnons /kɛs.tjɔ.nɔ̃/ | questionnez /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/ | questionnent /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
imperfect | questionnais /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ | questionnais /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ | questionnait /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ | questionnions /kɛs.tjɔ.njɔ̃/ | questionniez /kɛs.tjɔ.nje/ | questionnaient /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | questionnai /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/ | questionnas /kɛs.tjɔ.na/ | questionna /kɛs.tjɔ.na/ | questionnâmes /kɛs.tjɔ.nam/ | questionnâtes /kɛs.tjɔ.nat/ | questionnèrent /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | questionnerai /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁe/ | questionneras /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁa/ | questionnera /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁa/ | questionnerons /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | questionnerez /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁe/ | questionneront /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | questionnerais /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/ | questionnerais /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/ | questionnerait /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/ | questionnerions /kɛs.tjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | questionneriez /kɛs.tjɔ.nə.ʁje/ | questionneraient /kɛs.tjɔn.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 | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ | questionnes /kɛs.tjɔn/ | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ | questionnions /kɛs.tjɔ.njɔ̃/ | questionniez /kɛs.tjɔ.nje/ | questionnent /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
imperfect2 | questionnasse /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/ | questionnasses /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/ | questionnât /kɛs.tjɔ.na/ | questionnassions /kɛs.tjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | questionnassiez /kɛs.tjɔ.na.sje/ | questionnassent /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ | — | questionnons /kɛs.tjɔ.nɔ̃/ | questionnez /kɛs.tjɔ.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). |
Related terms
- question
Further reading
- “questionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.