bonsaïfier

French

Etymology

From bonsaï +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.za.i.fje/

Verb

bonsaïfier (horticulture, colloquial)

1. (transitive) to grow a tree to make it become a bonsai
2. (reflexive) to get the features of a bonsai

Conjugation

Conjugation of bonsaïfier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bonsaïfier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bonsaïfiant /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bonsaïfié /bɔ̃.sa.i.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bonsaïfie /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	bonsaïfies /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	bonsaïfie /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	bonsaïfions /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɔ̃/	bonsaïfiez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fje/	bonsaïfient /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/
	imperfect	bonsaïfiais /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɛ/	bonsaïfiais /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɛ/	bonsaïfiait /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɛ/	bonsaïfiions /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.jɔ̃/	bonsaïfiiez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.je/	bonsaïfiaient /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɛ/
	past historic2	bonsaïfiai /bɔ̃.sa.i.fje/	bonsaïfias /bɔ̃.sa.i.fja/	bonsaïfia /bɔ̃.sa.i.fja/	bonsaïfiâmes /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjam/	bonsaïfiâtes /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjat/	bonsaïfièrent /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɛʁ/
	future	bonsaïfierai /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁe/	bonsaïfieras /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁa/	bonsaïfiera /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁa/	bonsaïfierons /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁɔ̃/	bonsaïfierez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁe/	bonsaïfieront /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bonsaïfierais /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁɛ/	bonsaïfierais /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁɛ/	bonsaïfierait /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁɛ/	bonsaïfierions /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	bonsaïfieriez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.ʁje/	bonsaïfieraient /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.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	bonsaïfie /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	bonsaïfies /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	bonsaïfie /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	bonsaïfiions /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.jɔ̃/	bonsaïfiiez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi.je/	bonsaïfient /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/
	imperfect2	bonsaïfiasse /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjas/	bonsaïfiasses /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjas/	bonsaïfiât /bɔ̃.sa.i.fja/	bonsaïfiassions /bɔ̃.sa.i.fja.sjɔ̃/	bonsaïfiassiez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fja.sje/	bonsaïfiassent /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bonsaïfie /bɔ̃.sa.i.fi/	—	bonsaïfions /bɔ̃.sa.i.fjɔ̃/	bonsaïfiez /bɔ̃.sa.i.fje/	—
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).