randonner
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French randonner, from Old French randonner (“to run headlong”), from randon, a derivative of Old French randir (“to run”), from Old Frankish *rand (“a course; running”), from Proto-Germanic *randijō (“running”). More at rin, ren, run.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
randonner
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of randonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | randonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | randonnant /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | randonné /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | randonne /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
randonnes /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
randonne /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
randonnons /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
randonnez /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ |
randonnent /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
| imperfect | randonnais /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
randonnais /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
randonnait /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ |
randonnions /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
randonniez /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nje/ |
randonnaient /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | randonnai /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ |
randonnas /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.na/ |
randonna /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.na/ |
randonnâmes /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nam/ |
randonnâtes /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nat/ |
randonnèrent /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | randonnerai /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/ |
randonneras /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/ |
randonnera /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/ |
randonnerons /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
randonnerez /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/ |
randonneront /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | randonnerais /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
randonnerais /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
randonnerait /ʁɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
randonnerions /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
randonneriez /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
randonneraient /ʁɑ̃.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 | randonne /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
randonnes /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
randonne /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
randonnions /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
randonniez /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nje/ |
randonnent /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | randonnasse /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ |
randonnasses /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ |
randonnât /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.na/ |
randonnassions /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
randonnassiez /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.na.sje/ |
randonnassent /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | randonne /ʁɑ̃.dɔn/ |
— | randonnons /ʁɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
randonnez /ʁɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
- randonnée f (noun)
Further reading edit
- “randonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.