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ordonner
ordonner
French
Verb
ordonner
- to arrange, to organise, sort out (put in order)
- ordonner sa vie - to sort out one's life
- to prescribe (e.g. medicine)
- to order (give an order)
- (religion) to ordain
Conjugation
Conjugation of ordonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ordonner | avoir ordonné | |||||
| gerund | en ordonnant | en ayant ordonné | |||||
| present participle | ordonnant /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ordonné /ɔʁ.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 | ordonne /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
ordonnes /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
ordonne /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
ordonnons /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ordonnez /ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
ordonnent /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
| imperfect | ordonnais /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
ordonnais /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
ordonnait /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
ordonnions /ɔʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ordonniez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nje/ |
ordonnaient /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ordonnai /ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
ordonnas /ɔʁ.dɔ.na/ |
ordonna /ɔʁ.dɔ.na/ |
ordonnâmes /ɔʁ.dɔ.nam/ |
ordonnâtes /ɔʁ.dɔ.nat/ |
ordonnèrent /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | ordonnerai /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁe/ |
ordonneras /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁa/ |
ordonnera /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁa/ |
ordonnerons /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
ordonnerez /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁe/ |
ordonneront /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ordonnerais /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ordonnerais /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ordonnerait /ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ordonnerions /ɔʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ordonneriez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
ordonneraient /ɔʁ.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 | ordonne /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
ordonnes /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
ordonne /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
ordonnions /ɔʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ordonniez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nje/ |
ordonnent /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
ordonnasse /ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/ |
ordonnasses /ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/ |
ordonnât /ɔʁ.dɔ.na/ |
ordonnassions /ɔʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ordonnassiez /ɔʁ.dɔ.na.sje/ |
ordonnassent /ɔʁ.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 | – | |
| — | ordonne /ɔʁ.dɔn/ |
— | ordonnons /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ordonnez /ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Middle French
Verb
ordonner
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of ordonner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ordonner | avoir ordonné | |||||
| gerund | en ordonnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | ordonnant | ||||||
| past participle | ordonné | ||||||
| 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 | ordonne | ordonnes | ordonne | ordonnons | ordonnez | ordonnent |
| imperfect | ordonnois, ordonnoys | ordonnois, ordonnoys | ordonnoit, ordonnoyt | ordonnions, ordonnyons | ordonniez, ordonnyez | ordonnoient, ordonnoyent | |
| past historic | ordonna | ordonnas | ordonna | ordonnasmes | ordonnastes | ordonnerent | |
| future | ordonnerai, ordonneray | ordonneras | ordonnera | ordonnerons | ordonnerez | ordonneront | |
| conditional | ordonnerois, ordonneroys | ordonnerois, ordonneroys | ordonneroit, ordonneroyt | ordonnerions, ordonneryons | ordonneriez, ordonneryez | ordonneroient, ordonneroyent | |
| 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 | ordonne | ordonnes | ordonne | ordonnons | ordonnez | ordonnent |
| imperfect | ordonnasse | ordonnasses | ordonnast | ordonnassions | ordonnassiez | ordonnassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | ordonne | — | ordonnons | ordonnez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: ordonner