bidonner

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

bidonner

  1. to fabricate, to make up (a story)
  2. (reflexive, colloquial) to laugh a lot

Conjugation

Conjugation of bidonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bidonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bidonnant
/bi.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bidonné
/bi.dɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bidonne
/bi.dɔn/ 		bidonnes
/bi.dɔn/ 		bidonne
/bi.dɔn/ 		bidonnons
/bi.dɔ.nɔ̃/ 		bidonnez
/bi.dɔ.ne/ 		bidonnent
/bi.dɔn/
imperfect bidonnais
/bi.dɔ.nɛ/ 		bidonnais
/bi.dɔ.nɛ/ 		bidonnait
/bi.dɔ.nɛ/ 		bidonnions
/bi.dɔ.njɔ̃/ 		bidonniez
/bi.dɔ.nje/ 		bidonnaient
/bi.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 bidonnai
/bi.dɔ.ne/ 		bidonnas
/bi.dɔ.na/ 		bidonna
/bi.dɔ.na/ 		bidonnâmes
/bi.dɔ.nam/ 		bidonnâtes
/bi.dɔ.nat/ 		bidonnèrent
/bi.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future bidonnerai
/bi.dɔn.ʁe/ 		bidonneras
/bi.dɔn.ʁa/ 		bidonnera
/bi.dɔn.ʁa/ 		bidonnerons
/bi.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		bidonnerez
/bi.dɔn.ʁe/ 		bidonneront
/bi.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bidonnerais
/bi.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		bidonnerais
/bi.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		bidonnerait
/bi.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		bidonnerions
/bi.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bidonneriez
/bi.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		bidonneraient
/bi.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 bidonne
/bi.dɔn/ 		bidonnes
/bi.dɔn/ 		bidonne
/bi.dɔn/ 		bidonnions
/bi.dɔ.njɔ̃/ 		bidonniez
/bi.dɔ.nje/ 		bidonnent
/bi.dɔn/
imperfect2 bidonnasse
/bi.dɔ.nas/ 		bidonnasses
/bi.dɔ.nas/ 		bidonnât
/bi.dɔ.na/ 		bidonnassions
/bi.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		bidonnassiez
/bi.dɔ.na.sje/ 		bidonnassent
/bi.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bidonne
/bi.dɔn/ 		— bidonnons
/bi.dɔ.nɔ̃/ 		bidonnez
/bi.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:
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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