raisonner
French
Etymology
From raison + -er. Compare rationner.
Pronunciation
Verb
raisonner
- (transitive, intransitive) to reason
Conjugation
Conjugation of raisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | raisonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | raisonnant /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raisonné /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
raisonnes /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
raisonnons /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
raisonnez /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/ |
raisonnent /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
| imperfect | raisonnais /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ |
raisonnais /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ |
raisonnait /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ |
raisonnions /ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
raisonniez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/ |
raisonnaient /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | raisonnai /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/ |
raisonnas /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/ |
raisonna /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/ |
raisonnâmes /ʁɛ.zɔ.nam/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nam/ |
raisonnâtes /ʁɛ.zɔ.nat/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nat/ |
raisonnèrent /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | raisonnerai /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/ |
raisonneras /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/ |
raisonnera /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/ |
raisonnerons /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
raisonnerez /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/ |
raisonneront /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raisonnerais /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
raisonnerais /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
raisonnerait /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
raisonnerions /ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raisonneriez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
raisonneraient /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.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 | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
raisonnes /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
raisonnions /ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
raisonniez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/ |
raisonnent /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | raisonnasse /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/ |
raisonnasses /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/ |
raisonnât /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/ |
raisonnassions /ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
raisonnassiez /ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sje/ |
raisonnassent /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/ |
— | raisonnons /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
raisonnez /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raisonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.