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abandonner
abandonner
French
Verb
abandonner
See also
Conjugation
Conjugation of abandonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | abandonner | avoir abandonné | |||||
| gerund | en abandonnant | en ayant abandonné | |||||
| present participle | abandonnant /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abandonné /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abandonne /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
abandonnes /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
abandonne /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
abandonnons /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
abandonnez /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ |
abandonnent /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
| imperfect | abandonnais /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
abandonnais /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
abandonnait /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
abandonnions /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
abandonniez /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nje/ |
abandonnaient /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abandonnai /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ |
abandonnas /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/ |
abandonna /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/ |
abandonnâmes /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nam/ |
abandonnâtes /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nat/ |
abandonnèrent /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | abandonnerai /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/ |
abandonneras /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/ |
abandonnera /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/ |
abandonnerons /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
abandonnerez /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/ |
abandonneront /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | abandonnerais /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
abandonnerais /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
abandonnerait /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
abandonnerions /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abandonneriez /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
abandonneraient /a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abandonne /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
abandonnes /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
abandonne /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
abandonnions /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
abandonniez /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nje/ |
abandonnent /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
abandonnasse /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ |
abandonnasses /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ |
abandonnât /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/ |
abandonnassions /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
abandonnassiez /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na.sje/ |
abandonnassent /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | abandonne /a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ |
— | abandonnons /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
abandonnez /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French abandoner.
Verb
abandonner
- to abandon
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of abandonner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abandonner | avoir abandonné | |||||
| gerund | en abandonnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | abandonnant | ||||||
| past participle | abandonné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | abandonne | abandonnes | abandonne | abandonnons | abandonnez | abandonnent |
| imperfect | abandonnois, abandonnoys | abandonnois, abandonnoys | abandonnoit, abandonnoyt | abandonnions, abandonnyons | abandonniez, abandonnyez | abandonnoient, abandonnoyent | |
| past historic | abandonna | abandonnas | abandonna | abandonnasmes | abandonnastes | abandonnerent | |
| future | abandonnerai, abandonneray | abandonneras | abandonnera | abandonnerons | abandonnerez | abandonneront | |
| conditional | abandonnerois, abandonneroys | abandonnerois, abandonneroys | abandonneroit, abandonneroyt | abandonnerions, abandonneryons | abandonneriez, abandonneryez | abandonneroient, abandonneroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | abandonne | abandonnes | abandonne | abandonnons | abandonnez | abandonnent |
| imperfect | abandonnasse | abandonnasses | abandonnast | abandonnassions | abandonnassiez | abandonnassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | abandonne | — | abandonnons | abandonnez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: abandonner