somnoler
French
Etymology
Back-formation from somnolent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔm.nɔ.le/
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Verb
somnoler
- to slumber
- Synonym: sommeiller
Conjugation
Conjugation of somnoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | somnoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | somnolant /sɔm.nɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | somnolé /sɔm.nɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ |
somnoles /sɔm.nɔl/ |
somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ |
somnolons /sɔm.nɔ.lɔ̃/ |
somnolez /sɔm.nɔ.le/ |
somnolent /sɔm.nɔl/ |
| imperfect | somnolais /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ |
somnolais /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ |
somnolait /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ |
somnolions /sɔm.nɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
somnoliez /sɔm.nɔ.lje/ |
somnolaient /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | somnolai /sɔm.nɔ.le/ |
somnolas /sɔm.nɔ.la/ |
somnola /sɔm.nɔ.la/ |
somnolâmes /sɔm.nɔ.lam/ |
somnolâtes /sɔm.nɔ.lat/ |
somnolèrent /sɔm.nɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | somnolerai /sɔm.nɔl.ʁe/ |
somnoleras /sɔm.nɔl.ʁa/ |
somnolera /sɔm.nɔl.ʁa/ |
somnolerons /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
somnolerez /sɔm.nɔl.ʁe/ |
somnoleront /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | somnolerais /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ |
somnolerais /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ |
somnolerait /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ |
somnolerions /sɔm.nɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
somnoleriez /sɔm.nɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
somnoleraient /sɔm.nɔl.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 | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ |
somnoles /sɔm.nɔl/ |
somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ |
somnolions /sɔm.nɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
somnoliez /sɔm.nɔ.lje/ |
somnolent /sɔm.nɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | somnolasse /sɔm.nɔ.las/ |
somnolasses /sɔm.nɔ.las/ |
somnolât /sɔm.nɔ.la/ |
somnolassions /sɔm.nɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
somnolassiez /sɔm.nɔ.la.sje/ |
somnolassent /sɔm.nɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ |
— | somnolons /sɔm.nɔ.lɔ̃/ |
somnolez /sɔm.nɔ.le/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “somnoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.