bonifier
French
Etymology
Either from bon + -ifier or from Latin bonificare
Pronunciation
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Verb
bonifier
- to improve
- Synonym: améliorer
- Le bordeaux se bonifie avec le temps.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bonifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bonifier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bonifiant /bɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bonifié /bɔ.ni.fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/ | bonifies /bɔ.ni.fi/ | bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/ | bonifions /bɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/ | bonifiez /bɔ.ni.fje/ | bonifient /bɔ.ni.fi/ |
imperfect | bonifiais /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | bonifiais /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | bonifiait /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | bonifiions /bɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ | bonifiiez /bɔ.ni.fi.je/ | bonifiaient /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bonifiai /bɔ.ni.fje/ | bonifias /bɔ.ni.fja/ | bonifia /bɔ.ni.fja/ | bonifiâmes /bɔ.ni.fjam/ | bonifiâtes /bɔ.ni.fjat/ | bonifièrent /bɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/ | |
future | bonifierai /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/ | bonifieras /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/ | bonifiera /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/ | bonifierons /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | bonifierez /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/ | bonifieront /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bonifierais /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ | bonifierais /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ | bonifierait /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ | bonifierions /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | bonifieriez /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/ | bonifieraient /bɔ.ni.fi.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 | bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/ | bonifies /bɔ.ni.fi/ | bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/ | bonifiions /bɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ | bonifiiez /bɔ.ni.fi.je/ | bonifient /bɔ.ni.fi/ |
imperfect2 | bonifiasse /bɔ.ni.fjas/ | bonifiasses /bɔ.ni.fjas/ | bonifiât /bɔ.ni.fja/ | bonifiassions /bɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/ | bonifiassiez /bɔ.ni.fja.sje/ | bonifiassent /bɔ.ni.fjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/ | — | bonifions /bɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/ | bonifiez /bɔ.ni.fje/ | — | |
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). |
References
- “bonifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “bonifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.