bénévoler

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

bénévoler

(rare) to volunteer
(rare) to be benevolent

Conjugation

Conjugation of bénévoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	bénévoler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	bénévolant /be.ne.vɔ.lɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bénévolé /be.ne.vɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/	bénévoles /be.ne.vɔl/	bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/	bénévolons /be.ne.vɔ.lɔ̃/	bénévolez /be.ne.vɔ.le/	bénévolent /be.ne.vɔl/
	imperfect	bénévolais /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/	bénévolais /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/	bénévolait /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/	bénévolions /be.ne.vɔ.ljɔ̃/	bénévoliez /be.ne.vɔ.lje/	bénévolaient /be.ne.vɔ.lɛ/
	past historic²	bénévolai /be.ne.vɔ.le/	bénévolas /be.ne.vɔ.la/	bénévola /be.ne.vɔ.la/	bénévolâmes /be.ne.vɔ.lam/	bénévolâtes /be.ne.vɔ.lat/	bénévolèrent /be.ne.vɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	bénévolerai /be.ne.vɔl.ʁe/	bénévoleras /be.ne.vɔl.ʁa/	bénévolera /be.ne.vɔl.ʁa/	bénévolerons /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/	bénévolerez /be.ne.vɔl.ʁe/	bénévoleront /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bénévolerais /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/	bénévolerais /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/	bénévolerait /be.ne.vɔl.ʁɛ/	bénévolerions /be.ne.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	bénévoleriez /be.ne.vɔ.lə.ʁje/	bénévoleraient /be.ne.vɔl.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	bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/	bénévoles /be.ne.vɔl/	bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/	bénévolions /be.ne.vɔ.ljɔ̃/	bénévoliez /be.ne.vɔ.lje/	bénévolent /be.ne.vɔl/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	bénévolasse /be.ne.vɔ.las/	bénévolasses /be.ne.vɔ.las/	bénévolât /be.ne.vɔ.la/	bénévolassions /be.ne.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	bénévolassiez /be.ne.vɔ.la.sje/	bénévolassent /be.ne.vɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	bénévole /be.ne.vɔl/	—	bénévolons /be.ne.vɔ.lɔ̃/	bénévolez /be.ne.vɔ.le/	—
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).