adonner
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *addonāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /a.dɔ.ne/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: adonnai, adonné, adonnée, adonnées, adonnés, adonnez
Verb
[edit]adonner
- (pronominal) to devote oneself
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
- Or, il faut savoir que cet hidalgo, dans les moments où il restait oisif, c’est-à-dire à peu près toute l’année, s’adonnait à lire des livres de chevalerie....
- Yet, it must be known that this hidalgo, in the moments where he remained idle, that is to say just about the whole year, devoted himself to reading books of chivalry....
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
- (Louisiana) to get along well, be compatible
- (Louisiana) to get used to
- (North America) to happen, come to pass (by chance), to happen (by coincidence)
- (sailing) (of the wind) to blow in a favorable direction, allowing the sails to luff
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of s'adonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | s'adonner | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’adonnant /sa.dɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | adonné /a.dɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’adonne /ma.dɔn/ |
t’adonnes /ta.dɔn/ |
s’adonne /sa.dɔn/ |
nous adonnons /nu.z‿a.dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
vous adonnez /vu.z‿a.dɔ.ne/ |
s’adonnent /sa.dɔn/ |
imperfect | m’adonnais /ma.dɔ.nɛ/ |
t’adonnais /ta.dɔ.nɛ/ |
s’adonnait /sa.dɔ.nɛ/ |
nous adonnions /nu.z‿a.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
vous adonniez /vu.z‿a.dɔ.nje/ |
s’adonnaient /sa.dɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | m’adonnai /ma.dɔ.ne/ |
t’adonnas /ta.dɔ.na/ |
s’adonna /sa.dɔ.na/ |
nous adonnâmes /nu.z‿a.dɔ.nam/ |
vous adonnâtes /vu.z‿a.dɔ.nat/ |
s’adonnèrent /sa.dɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | m’adonnerai /ma.dɔn.ʁe/ |
t’adonneras /ta.dɔn.ʁa/ |
s’adonnera /sa.dɔn.ʁa/ |
nous adonnerons /nu.z‿a.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous adonnerez /vu.z‿a.dɔn.ʁe/ |
s’adonneront /sa.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | m’adonnerais /ma.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
t’adonnerais /ta.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
s’adonnerait /sa.dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
nous adonnerions /nu.z‿a.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous adonneriez /vu.z‿a.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
s’adonneraient /sa.dɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’adonne /ma.dɔn/ |
t’adonnes /ta.dɔn/ |
s’adonne /sa.dɔn/ |
nous adonnions /nu.z‿a.dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
vous adonniez /vu.z‿a.dɔ.nje/ |
s’adonnent /sa.dɔn/ |
imperfect2 | m’adonnasse /ma.dɔ.nas/ |
t’adonnasses /ta.dɔ.nas/ |
s’adonnât /sa.dɔ.na/ |
nous adonnassions /nu.z‿a.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adonnassiez /vu.z‿a.dɔ.na.sje/ |
s’adonnassent /sa.dɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | adonne-toi /a.dɔn.twa/ |
— | adonnons-nous /a.dɔ.nɔ̃.nu/ |
adonnez-vous /a.dɔ.ne.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “adonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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