pardonner
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French pardoner, from Late Latin perdōnāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pardonner
- to pardon, forgive
- (transitive) to excuse
Usage notes edit
- The usual constructions are pardonner quelque chose à quelqu'un, or pardonner à quelqu'un; when a speaker says Je te pardonne, te is an indirect object (equivalent to à + toi). pardonner quelqu'un is archaic, but has given rise to the passive voice usage, Vous êtes pardonnés, which is still common.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pardonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pardonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pardonnant /paʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pardonné /paʁ.dɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pardonne /paʁ.dɔn/ |
pardonnes /paʁ.dɔn/ |
pardonne /paʁ.dɔn/ |
pardonnons /paʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
pardonnez /paʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
pardonnent /paʁ.dɔn/ |
| imperfect | pardonnais /paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
pardonnais /paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
pardonnait /paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ |
pardonnions /paʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
pardonniez /paʁ.dɔ.nje/ |
pardonnaient /paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pardonnai /paʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
pardonnas /paʁ.dɔ.na/ |
pardonna /paʁ.dɔ.na/ |
pardonnâmes /paʁ.dɔ.nam/ |
pardonnâtes /paʁ.dɔ.nat/ |
pardonnèrent /paʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | pardonnerai /paʁ.dɔn.ʁe/ |
pardonneras /paʁ.dɔn.ʁa/ |
pardonnera /paʁ.dɔn.ʁa/ |
pardonnerons /paʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
pardonnerez /paʁ.dɔn.ʁe/ |
pardonneront /paʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pardonnerais /paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pardonnerais /paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pardonnerait /paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pardonnerions /paʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pardonneriez /paʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
pardonneraient /paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pardonne /paʁ.dɔn/ |
pardonnes /paʁ.dɔn/ |
pardonne /paʁ.dɔn/ |
pardonnions /paʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
pardonniez /paʁ.dɔ.nje/ |
pardonnent /paʁ.dɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | pardonnasse /paʁ.dɔ.nas/ |
pardonnasses /paʁ.dɔ.nas/ |
pardonnât /paʁ.dɔ.na/ |
pardonnassions /paʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
pardonnassiez /paʁ.dɔ.na.sje/ |
pardonnassent /paʁ.dɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pardonne /paʁ.dɔn/ |
— | pardonnons /paʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
pardonnez /paʁ.dɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: pardona
Further reading edit
- “pardonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.