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abonnir
abonnir
French
Verb
abonnir
- (transitive, absolutive or reflexive, usually inanimate, strongly dated) to improve; to render or become better
Usage notes
- The verb is mostly used humorously, and has been replaced in common use by améliorer.
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of abonnir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | abonnir | avoir abonni | |||||
| gerund | en abonnissant | en ayant abonni | |||||
| present participle | abonnissant /a.bɔ.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abonni /a.bɔ.ni/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abonnis /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnis /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnit /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnissons /a.bɔ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
abonnissez /a.bɔ.ni.se/ |
abonnissent /a.bɔ.nis/ |
| imperfect | abonnissais /a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
abonnissais /a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
abonnissait /a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
abonnissions /a.bɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
abonnissiez /a.bɔ.ni.sje/ |
abonnissaient /a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abonnis /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnis /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnit /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnîmes /a.bɔ.nim/ |
abonnîtes /a.bɔ.nit/ |
abonnirent /a.bɔ.niʁ/ |
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| future | abonnirai /a.bɔ.ni.ʁe/ |
abonniras /a.bɔ.ni.ʁa/ |
abonnira /a.bɔ.ni.ʁa/ |
abonnirons /a.bɔ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
abonnirez /a.bɔ.ni.ʁe/ |
abonniront /a.bɔ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | abonnirais /a.bɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
abonnirais /a.bɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
abonnirait /a.bɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
abonnirions /a.bɔ.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abonniriez /a.bɔ.ni.ʁje/ |
abonniraient /a.bɔ.ni.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 | abonnisse /a.bɔ.nis/ |
abonnisses /a.bɔ.nis/ |
abonnisse /a.bɔ.nis/ |
abonnissions /a.bɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
abonnissiez /a.bɔ.ni.sje/ |
abonnissent /a.bɔ.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
abonnisse /a.bɔ.nis/ |
abonnisses /a.bɔ.nis/ |
abonnît /a.bɔ.ni/ |
abonnissions /a.bɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
abonnissiez /a.bɔ.ni.sje/ |
abonnissent /a.bɔ.nis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | abonnis /a.bɔ.ni/ |
— | abonnissons /a.bɔ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
abonnissez /a.bɔ.ni.se/ |
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