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).

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