bidonner
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
bidonner
- to fabricate, to make up (a story)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bidonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bidonner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bidonnant /bi.dɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bidonné /bi.dɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bidonne /bi.dɔn/ | bidonnes /bi.dɔn/ | bidonne /bi.dɔn/ | bidonnons /bi.dɔ.nɔ̃/ | bidonnez /bi.dɔ.ne/ | bidonnent /bi.dɔn/ |
imperfect | bidonnais /bi.dɔ.nɛ/ | bidonnais /bi.dɔ.nɛ/ | bidonnait /bi.dɔ.nɛ/ | bidonnions /bi.dɔ.njɔ̃/ | bidonniez /bi.dɔ.nje/ | bidonnaient /bi.dɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bidonnai /bi.dɔ.ne/ | bidonnas /bi.dɔ.na/ | bidonna /bi.dɔ.na/ | bidonnâmes /bi.dɔ.nam/ | bidonnâtes /bi.dɔ.nat/ | bidonnèrent /bi.dɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | bidonnerai /bi.dɔn.ʁe/ | bidonneras /bi.dɔn.ʁa/ | bidonnera /bi.dɔn.ʁa/ | bidonnerons /bi.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | bidonnerez /bi.dɔn.ʁe/ | bidonneront /bi.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bidonnerais /bi.dɔn.ʁɛ/ | bidonnerais /bi.dɔn.ʁɛ/ | bidonnerait /bi.dɔn.ʁɛ/ | bidonnerions /bi.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bidonneriez /bi.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ | bidonneraient /bi.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 | bidonne /bi.dɔn/ | bidonnes /bi.dɔn/ | bidonne /bi.dɔn/ | bidonnions /bi.dɔ.njɔ̃/ | bidonniez /bi.dɔ.nje/ | bidonnent /bi.dɔn/ |
imperfect2 | bidonnasse /bi.dɔ.nas/ | bidonnasses /bi.dɔ.nas/ | bidonnât /bi.dɔ.na/ | bidonnassions /bi.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | bidonnassiez /bi.dɔ.na.sje/ | bidonnassent /bi.dɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bidonne /bi.dɔn/ | — | bidonnons /bi.dɔ.nɔ̃/ | bidonnez /bi.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
- “bidonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.