questionner

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

questionner

1. to question, interrogate
2. to call into question

Conjugation

Conjugation of questionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	questionner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	questionnant /kɛs.tjɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		questionné /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/	questionnes /kɛs.tjɔn/	questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/	questionnons /kɛs.tjɔ.nɔ̃/	questionnez /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/	questionnent /kɛs.tjɔn/
	imperfect	questionnais /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/	questionnais /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/	questionnait /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/	questionnions /kɛs.tjɔ.njɔ̃/	questionniez /kɛs.tjɔ.nje/	questionnaient /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	questionnai /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/	questionnas /kɛs.tjɔ.na/	questionna /kɛs.tjɔ.na/	questionnâmes /kɛs.tjɔ.nam/	questionnâtes /kɛs.tjɔ.nat/	questionnèrent /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	questionnerai /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁe/	questionneras /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁa/	questionnera /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁa/	questionnerons /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɔ̃/	questionnerez /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁe/	questionneront /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	questionnerais /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/	questionnerais /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/	questionnerait /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/	questionnerions /kɛs.tjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	questionneriez /kɛs.tjɔ.nə.ʁje/	questionneraient /kɛs.tjɔn.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	questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/	questionnes /kɛs.tjɔn/	questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/	questionnions /kɛs.tjɔ.njɔ̃/	questionniez /kɛs.tjɔ.nje/	questionnent /kɛs.tjɔn/
	imperfect2	questionnasse /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/	questionnasses /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/	questionnât /kɛs.tjɔ.na/	questionnassions /kɛs.tjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	questionnassiez /kɛs.tjɔ.na.sje/	questionnassent /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/	—	questionnons /kɛs.tjɔ.nɔ̃/	questionnez /kɛs.tjɔ.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• question

Further reading

• “questionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.