questionner
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]question (“question”) + -er (infinitive suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): [kɛs.tjɔ̃.ne]
- Homophones: questionné, questionnées, questionnés
Verb
[edit]questionner
- (transitive) to question, interrogate
- (transitive) to call into question
- (Louisiana, transitive) to question, ask (someone)
- (Louisiana, intransitive) to inquire, ask (about)
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes presented as a semantic calque of the English verb (to) question, and sometimes criticized for this reason. The verb, attested in this sense since the 19th century, is usual in French today.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of questionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | questionner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | questionnant /kɛs.tjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | questionné /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
questionnes /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
questionnons /kɛs.tjɔ.nɔ̃/ |
questionnez /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/ |
questionnent /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
| imperfect | questionnais /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ |
questionnais /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ |
questionnait /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ |
questionnions /kɛs.tjɔ.njɔ̃/ |
questionniez /kɛs.tjɔ.nje/ |
questionnaient /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | questionnai /kɛs.tjɔ.ne/ |
questionnas /kɛs.tjɔ.na/ |
questionna /kɛs.tjɔ.na/ |
questionnâmes /kɛs.tjɔ.nam/ |
questionnâtes /kɛs.tjɔ.nat/ |
questionnèrent /kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | questionnerai /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁe/ |
questionneras /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁa/ |
questionnera /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁa/ |
questionnerons /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
questionnerez /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁe/ |
questionneront /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | questionnerais /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
questionnerais /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
questionnerait /kɛs.tjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
questionnerions /kɛs.tjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
questionneriez /kɛs.tjɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
questionneraient /kɛs.tjɔn.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 | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
questionnes /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
questionnions /kɛs.tjɔ.njɔ̃/ |
questionniez /kɛs.tjɔ.nje/ |
questionnent /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | questionnasse /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/ |
questionnasses /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/ |
questionnât /kɛs.tjɔ.na/ |
questionnassions /kɛs.tjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
questionnassiez /kɛs.tjɔ.na.sje/ |
questionnassent /kɛs.tjɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | questionne /kɛs.tjɔn/ |
— | questionnons /kɛs.tjɔ.nɔ̃/ |
questionnez /kɛs.tjɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “questionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)