pardonner

French

Etymology

From Old French pardoner, from Vulgar Latin *perdonō (compare Italian perdonare, Spanish perdonar, Portuguese perdoar), from Latin per- + donō, a calque of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from fir- + geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.

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)
present participle pardonnant
/paʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/
past participle pardonné
/paʁ.dɔ.ne/
infinitive
simple pardonner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple pardonnant
/paʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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