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pardonner

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French pardoner, from Late Latin perdōnāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paʁ.dɔ.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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pardonner

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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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).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Romanian: pardona

Further reading

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