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fredonner
fredonner
French
Verb
fredonner
- to hum (to make sound with lips closed)
- Tout en admirant la nature qui l'entourait, il fredonnait un air musical qui lui rappelait le bon vieux temps.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fredonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fredonner | avoir fredonné | |||||
| gerund | en fredonnant | en ayant fredonné | |||||
| present participle | fredonnant /fʁə.dɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fredonné /fʁə.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 | fredonne /fʁə.dɔn/ |
fredonnes /fʁə.dɔn/ |
fredonne /fʁə.dɔn/ |
fredonnons /fʁə.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
fredonnez /fʁə.dɔ.ne/ |
fredonnent /fʁə.dɔn/ |
| imperfect | fredonnais /fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ |
fredonnais /fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ |
fredonnait /fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ |
fredonnions /fʁə.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
fredonniez /fʁə.dɔ.nje/ |
fredonnaient /fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fredonnai /fʁə.dɔ.ne/ |
fredonnas /fʁə.dɔ.na/ |
fredonna /fʁə.dɔ.na/ |
fredonnâmes /fʁə.dɔ.nam/ |
fredonnâtes /fʁə.dɔ.nat/ |
fredonnèrent /fʁə.dɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | fredonnerai /fʁə.dɔn.ʁe/ |
fredonneras /fʁə.dɔn.ʁa/ |
fredonnera /fʁə.dɔn.ʁa/ |
fredonnerons /fʁə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
fredonnerez /fʁə.dɔn.ʁe/ |
fredonneront /fʁə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fredonnerais /fʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
fredonnerais /fʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
fredonnerait /fʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
fredonnerions /fʁə.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fredonneriez /fʁə.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
fredonneraient /fʁə.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 | fredonne /fʁə.dɔn/ |
fredonnes /fʁə.dɔn/ |
fredonne /fʁə.dɔn/ |
fredonnions /fʁə.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
fredonniez /fʁə.dɔ.nje/ |
fredonnent /fʁə.dɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
fredonnasse /fʁə.dɔ.nas/ |
fredonnasses /fʁə.dɔ.nas/ |
fredonnât /fʁə.dɔ.na/ |
fredonnassions /fʁə.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
fredonnassiez /fʁə.dɔ.na.sje/ |
fredonnassent /fʁə.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 | – | |
| — | fredonne /fʁə.dɔn/ |
— | fredonnons /fʁə.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
fredonnez /fʁə.dɔ.ne/ |
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