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honnir
honnir
French
Verb
honnir
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 honnir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | honnir | avoir honni | |||||
| gerund | en honnissant | en ayant honni | |||||
| present participle | honnissant /ɔ.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | honni /ɔ.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 | honnis /ɔ.ni/ |
honnis /ɔ.ni/ |
honnit /ɔ.ni/ |
honnissons /ɔ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
honnissez /ɔ.ni.se/ |
honnissent /ɔ.nis/ |
| imperfect | honnissais /ɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
honnissais /ɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
honnissait /ɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
honnissions /ɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
honnissiez /ɔ.ni.sje/ |
honnissaient /ɔ.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | honnis /ɔ.ni/ |
honnis /ɔ.ni/ |
honnit /ɔ.ni/ |
honnîmes /ɔ.nim/ |
honnîtes /ɔ.nit/ |
honnirent /ɔ.niʁ/ |
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| future | honnirai /ɔ.ni.ʁe/ |
honniras /ɔ.ni.ʁa/ |
honnira /ɔ.ni.ʁa/ |
honnirons /ɔ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
honnirez /ɔ.ni.ʁe/ |
honniront /ɔ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | honnirais /ɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
honnirais /ɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
honnirait /ɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
honnirions /ɔ.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
honniriez /ɔ.ni.ʁje/ |
honniraient /ɔ.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 | honnisse /ɔ.nis/ |
honnisses /ɔ.nis/ |
honnisse /ɔ.nis/ |
honnissions /ɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
honnissiez /ɔ.ni.sje/ |
honnissent /ɔ.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
honnisse /ɔ.nis/ |
honnisses /ɔ.nis/ |
honnît /ɔ.ni/ |
honnissions /ɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
honnissiez /ɔ.ni.sje/ |
honnissent /ɔ.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 | – | |
| — | honnis /ɔ.ni/ |
— | honnissons /ɔ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
honnissez /ɔ.ni.se/ |
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