bretonner
French
Etymology
From breton (“the Breton language”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁə.tɔ.ne/
- Homophones: bretonnai, bretonné, bretonnée, bretonnées, bretonnés, bretonnez
Verb
bretonner
- to talk or speak Breton
- to talk or speak incomprehensibly
Conjugation
Conjugation of bretonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bretonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bretonnant /bʁə.tɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bretonné /bʁə.tɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bretonne /bʁə.tɔn/ |
bretonnes /bʁə.tɔn/ |
bretonne /bʁə.tɔn/ |
bretonnons /bʁə.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
bretonnez /bʁə.tɔ.ne/ |
bretonnent /bʁə.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | bretonnais /bʁə.tɔ.nɛ/ |
bretonnais /bʁə.tɔ.nɛ/ |
bretonnait /bʁə.tɔ.nɛ/ |
bretonnions /bʁə.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
bretonniez /bʁə.tɔ.nje/ |
bretonnaient /bʁə.tɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bretonnai /bʁə.tɔ.ne/ |
bretonnas /bʁə.tɔ.na/ |
bretonna /bʁə.tɔ.na/ |
bretonnâmes /bʁə.tɔ.nam/ |
bretonnâtes /bʁə.tɔ.nat/ |
bretonnèrent /bʁə.tɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | bretonnerai /bʁə.tɔn.ʁe/ |
bretonneras /bʁə.tɔn.ʁa/ |
bretonnera /bʁə.tɔn.ʁa/ |
bretonnerons /bʁə.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
bretonnerez /bʁə.tɔn.ʁe/ |
bretonneront /bʁə.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bretonnerais /bʁə.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
bretonnerais /bʁə.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
bretonnerait /bʁə.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
bretonnerions /bʁə.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bretonneriez /bʁə.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
bretonneraient /bʁə.tɔn.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 | bretonne /bʁə.tɔn/ |
bretonnes /bʁə.tɔn/ |
bretonne /bʁə.tɔn/ |
bretonnions /bʁə.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
bretonniez /bʁə.tɔ.nje/ |
bretonnent /bʁə.tɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | bretonnasse /bʁə.tɔ.nas/ |
bretonnasses /bʁə.tɔ.nas/ |
bretonnât /bʁə.tɔ.na/ |
bretonnassions /bʁə.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
bretonnassiez /bʁə.tɔ.na.sje/ |
bretonnassent /bʁə.tɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bretonne /bʁə.tɔn/ |
— | bretonnons /bʁə.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
bretonnez /bʁə.tɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||