pardonner

French

Etymology

From Old French pardoner, from Late Latin perdōnāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paʁ.dɔ.ne/
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Verb

pardonner

  1. to pardon, forgive
  2. (transitive) to excuse

Usage notes
  • The usual constructions are pardonner quelque chose à quelqu'un, or pardonner à quelqu'un; when a speaker says Je te pardonne, te is an indirect object (equivalent to à + toi). pardonner quelqu'un is archaic, but has given rise to the passive voice usage, Vous êtes pardonnés, which is still common.

Conjugation
Conjugation of pardonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pardonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pardonnant
/paʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pardonné
/paʁ.dɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pardonne
/paʁ.dɔn/		 pardonnes
/paʁ.dɔn/		 pardonne
/paʁ.dɔn/		 pardonnons
/paʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 pardonnez
/paʁ.dɔ.ne/		 pardonnent
/paʁ.dɔn/
imperfect pardonnais
/paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 pardonnais
/paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 pardonnait
/paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 pardonnions
/paʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 pardonniez
/paʁ.dɔ.nje/		 pardonnaient
/paʁ.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 pardonnai
/paʁ.dɔ.ne/		 pardonnas
/paʁ.dɔ.na/		 pardonna
/paʁ.dɔ.na/		 pardonnâmes
/paʁ.dɔ.nam/		 pardonnâtes
/paʁ.dɔ.nat/		 pardonnèrent
/paʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future pardonnerai
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁe/		 pardonneras
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁa/		 pardonnera
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁa/		 pardonnerons
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 pardonnerez
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁe/		 pardonneront
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pardonnerais
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 pardonnerais
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 pardonnerait
/paʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 pardonnerions
/paʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pardonneriez
/paʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/		 pardonneraient
/paʁ.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 pardonne
/paʁ.dɔn/		 pardonnes
/paʁ.dɔn/		 pardonne
/paʁ.dɔn/		 pardonnions
/paʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 pardonniez
/paʁ.dɔ.nje/		 pardonnent
/paʁ.dɔn/
imperfect2 pardonnasse
/paʁ.dɔ.nas/		 pardonnasses
/paʁ.dɔ.nas/		 pardonnât
/paʁ.dɔ.na/		 pardonnassions
/paʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 pardonnassiez
/paʁ.dɔ.na.sje/		 pardonnassent
/paʁ.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pardonne
/paʁ.dɔn/		 — pardonnons
/paʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 pardonnez
/paʁ.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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