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besogner
besogner
French
Verb
besogner
- (intransitive) to toil, drudge, slave away
Conjugation
Conjugation of besogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | besogner | avoir besogné | |||||
| gerund | en besognant | en ayant besogné | |||||
| present participle | besognant /bə.zɔ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | besogné /bə.zɔ.ɲe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | besogne /bə.zɔɲ/ |
besognes /bə.zɔɲ/ |
besogne /bə.zɔɲ/ |
besognons /bə.zɔ.ɲɔ̃/ |
besognez /bə.zɔ.ɲe/ |
besognent /bə.zɔɲ/ |
| imperfect | besognais /bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/ |
besognais /bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/ |
besognait /bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/ |
besognions /bə.zɔ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
besogniez /bə.zɔ.ɲje/ |
besognaient /bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | besognai /bə.zɔ.ɲe/ |
besognas /bə.zɔ.ɲa/ |
besogna /bə.zɔ.ɲa/ |
besognâmes /bə.zɔ.ɲam/ |
besognâtes /bə.zɔ.ɲat/ |
besognèrent /bə.zɔ.ɲɛʁ/ |
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| future | besognerai /bə.zɔɲ.ʁe/ |
besogneras /bə.zɔɲ.ʁa/ |
besognera /bə.zɔɲ.ʁa/ |
besognerons /bə.zɔɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
besognerez /bə.zɔɲ.ʁe/ |
besogneront /bə.zɔɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | besognerais /bə.zɔɲ.ʁɛ/ |
besognerais /bə.zɔɲ.ʁɛ/ |
besognerait /bə.zɔɲ.ʁɛ/ |
besognerions /bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
besogneriez /bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁje/ |
besogneraient /bə.zɔɲ.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 | besogne /bə.zɔɲ/ |
besognes /bə.zɔɲ/ |
besogne /bə.zɔɲ/ |
besognions /bə.zɔ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
besogniez /bə.zɔ.ɲje/ |
besognent /bə.zɔɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
besognasse /bə.zɔ.ɲas/ |
besognasses /bə.zɔ.ɲas/ |
besognât /bə.zɔ.ɲa/ |
besognassions /bə.zɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
besognassiez /bə.zɔ.ɲa.sje/ |
besognassent /bə.zɔ.ɲas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | besogne /bə.zɔɲ/ |
— | besognons /bə.zɔ.ɲɔ̃/ |
besognez /bə.zɔ.ɲe/ |
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