soigner
French edit
Etymology edit
From soin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
soigner
- to treat; to nurse
- to look after, to take care of
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of soigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | soigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soignant /swa.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soigné /swa.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soigne /swaɲ/ |
soignes /swaɲ/ |
soigne /swaɲ/ |
soignons /swa.ɲɔ̃/ |
soignez /swa.ɲe/ |
soignent /swaɲ/ |
| imperfect | soignais /swa.ɲɛ/ |
soignais /swa.ɲɛ/ |
soignait /swa.ɲɛ/ |
soignions /swa.ɲjɔ̃/ |
soigniez /swa.ɲje/ |
soignaient /swa.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soignai /swa.ɲe/ |
soignas /swa.ɲa/ |
soigna /swa.ɲa/ |
soignâmes /swa.ɲam/ |
soignâtes /swa.ɲat/ |
soignèrent /swa.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | soignerai /swa.ɲə.ʁe/ |
soigneras /swa.ɲə.ʁa/ |
soignera /swa.ɲə.ʁa/ |
soignerons /swa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
soignerez /swa.ɲə.ʁe/ |
soigneront /swa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soignerais /swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
soignerais /swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
soignerait /swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
soignerions /swa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soigneriez /swa.ɲə.ʁje/ |
soigneraient /swa.ɲə.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 | soigne /swaɲ/ |
soignes /swaɲ/ |
soigne /swaɲ/ |
soignions /swa.ɲjɔ̃/ |
soigniez /swa.ɲje/ |
soignent /swaɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | soignasse /swa.ɲas/ |
soignasses /swa.ɲas/ |
soignât /swa.ɲa/ |
soignassions /swa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
soignassiez /swa.ɲa.sje/ |
soignassent /swa.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soigne /swaɲ/ |
— | soignons /swa.ɲɔ̃/ |
soignez /swa.ɲe/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading edit
- “soigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.