raisonner
French
Etymology
From raison + -er. Compare rationner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/, /ʁe.zɔ.ne/
Audio (file) - Homophone: résonner
Verb
raisonner
- (transitive, intransitive) to reason
Conjugation
Conjugation of raisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | raisonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | raisonnant /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raisonné /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | raisonnes /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | raisonnons /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/ | raisonnez /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/ | raisonnent /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
| imperfect | raisonnais /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ | raisonnais /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ | raisonnait /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ | raisonnions /ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/ | raisonniez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/ | raisonnaient /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | raisonnai /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/ | raisonnas /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/ | raisonna /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/ | raisonnâmes /ʁɛ.zɔ.nam/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nam/ | raisonnâtes /ʁɛ.zɔ.nat/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nat/ | raisonnèrent /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | raisonnerai /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/ | raisonneras /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/ | raisonnera /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/ | raisonnerons /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | raisonnerez /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/ | raisonneront /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raisonnerais /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/ | raisonnerais /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/ | raisonnerait /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/ | raisonnerions /ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | raisonneriez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ | raisonneraient /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.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 | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | raisonnes /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | raisonnions /ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/ | raisonniez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/ | raisonnent /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | raisonnasse /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/ | raisonnasses /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/ | raisonnât /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/ | raisonnassions /ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | raisonnassiez /ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sje/ | raisonnassent /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ | — | raisonnons /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/ | raisonnez /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.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
- catalogue raisonné
- irraisonné
- raisonnable
- raisonnement
Related terms
- arraisonner
Further reading
- “raisonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.