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étonner
étonner
See also: êtonner
French
Verb
étonner
- to surprise
 
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Conjugation
  Conjugation of étonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | étonner | avoir étonné | |||||
| gerund | en étonnant | en ayant étonné | |||||
| present participle |  étonnant /e.tɔ.nɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  étonné /e.tɔ.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 |  étonne /e.tɔn/  | 
 étonnes /e.tɔn/  | 
 étonne /e.tɔn/  | 
 étonnons /e.tɔ.nɔ̃/  | 
 étonnez /e.tɔ.ne/  | 
 étonnent /e.tɔn/  | 
| imperfect |  étonnais /e.tɔ.nɛ/  | 
 étonnais /e.tɔ.nɛ/  | 
 étonnait /e.tɔ.nɛ/  | 
 étonnions /e.tɔ.njɔ̃/  | 
 étonniez /e.tɔ.nje/  | 
 étonnaient /e.tɔ.nɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  étonnai /e.tɔ.ne/  | 
étonnas /e.tɔ.na/  | 
étonna /e.tɔ.na/  | 
étonnâmes /e.tɔ.nam/  | 
étonnâtes /e.tɔ.nat/  | 
étonnèrent /e.tɔ.nɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  étonnerai /e.tɔn.ʁe/  | 
 étonneras /e.tɔn.ʁa/  | 
 étonnera /e.tɔn.ʁa/  | 
 étonnerons /e.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 étonnerez /e.tɔn.ʁe/  | 
 étonneront /e.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  étonnerais /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/  | 
 étonnerais /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/  | 
 étonnerait /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/  | 
 étonnerions /e.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 étonneriez /e.tɔ.nə.ʁje/  | 
 étonneraient /e.tɔn.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 |  étonne /e.tɔn/  | 
 étonnes /e.tɔn/  | 
 étonne /e.tɔn/  | 
 étonnions /e.tɔ.njɔ̃/  | 
 étonniez /e.tɔ.nje/  | 
 étonnent /e.tɔn/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
étonnasse /e.tɔ.nas/  | 
étonnasses /e.tɔ.nas/  | 
étonnât /e.tɔ.na/  | 
étonnassions /e.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/  | 
étonnassiez /e.tɔ.na.sje/  | 
étonnassent /e.tɔ.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 | – | |
| — |  étonne /e.tɔn/  | 
— |  étonnons /e.tɔ.nɔ̃/  | 
 étonnez /e.tɔ.ne/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||