questionner

French

Pronunciation

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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