sablonner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.blɔ.ne/, /sɑ.blɔ.ne/

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Verb

sablonner

1. to sand (cover with sand)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sablonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sablonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sablonnant /sa.blɔ.nɑ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sablonné /sa.blɔ.ne/ or /sɑ.blɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sablonne /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	sablonnes /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	sablonne /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	sablonnons /sa.blɔ.nɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɔ̃/	sablonnez /sa.blɔ.ne/ or /sɑ.blɔ.ne/	sablonnent /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/
	imperfect	sablonnais /sa.blɔ.nɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɛ/	sablonnais /sa.blɔ.nɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɛ/	sablonnait /sa.blɔ.nɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɛ/	sablonnions /sa.blɔ.njɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.njɔ̃/	sablonniez /sa.blɔ.nje/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nje/	sablonnaient /sa.blɔ.nɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	sablonnai /sa.blɔ.ne/ or /sɑ.blɔ.ne/	sablonnas /sa.blɔ.na/ or /sɑ.blɔ.na/	sablonna /sa.blɔ.na/ or /sɑ.blɔ.na/	sablonnâmes /sa.blɔ.nam/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nam/	sablonnâtes /sa.blɔ.nat/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nat/	sablonnèrent /sa.blɔ.nɛʁ/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	sablonnerai /sa.blɔn.ʁe/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁe/	sablonneras /sa.blɔn.ʁa/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁa/	sablonnera /sa.blɔn.ʁa/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁa/	sablonnerons /sa.blɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁɔ̃/	sablonnerez /sa.blɔn.ʁe/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁe/	sablonneront /sa.blɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sablonnerais /sa.blɔn.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁɛ/	sablonnerais /sa.blɔn.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁɛ/	sablonnerait /sa.blɔn.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔn.ʁɛ/	sablonnerions /sa.blɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	sablonneriez /sa.blɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nə.ʁje/	sablonneraient /sa.blɔn.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blɔn.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	sablonne /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	sablonnes /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	sablonne /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	sablonnions /sa.blɔ.njɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.njɔ̃/	sablonniez /sa.blɔ.nje/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nje/	sablonnent /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/
	imperfect2	sablonnasse /sa.blɔ.nas/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nas/	sablonnasses /sa.blɔ.nas/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nas/	sablonnât /sa.blɔ.na/ or /sɑ.blɔ.na/	sablonnassions /sa.blɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	sablonnassiez /sa.blɔ.na.sje/ or /sɑ.blɔ.na.sje/	sablonnassent /sa.blɔ.nas/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sablonne /sa.blɔn/ or /sɑ.blɔn/	—	sablonnons /sa.blɔ.nɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ.nɔ̃/	sablonnez /sa.blɔ.ne/ or /sɑ.blɔ.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).

Further reading

• “sablonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.