saxophoner

French

Etymology

saxophone +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak.sɔ.fɔ.ne/

Verb

saxophoner

1. to play the saxophone

Conjugation

Conjugation of saxophoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	saxophoner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	saxophonant /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		saxophoné /sak.sɔ.fɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	saxophone /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	saxophones /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	saxophone /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	saxophonons /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɔ̃/	saxophonez /sak.sɔ.fɔ.ne/	saxophonent /sak.sɔ.fɔn/
	imperfect	saxophonais /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɛ/	saxophonais /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɛ/	saxophonait /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɛ/	saxophonions /sak.sɔ.fɔ.njɔ̃/	saxophoniez /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nje/	saxophonaient /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	saxophonai /sak.sɔ.fɔ.ne/	saxophonas /sak.sɔ.fɔ.na/	saxophona /sak.sɔ.fɔ.na/	saxophonâmes /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nam/	saxophonâtes /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nat/	saxophonèrent /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	saxophonerai /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁe/	saxophoneras /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁa/	saxophonera /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁa/	saxophonerons /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/	saxophonerez /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁe/	saxophoneront /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	saxophonerais /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁɛ/	saxophonerais /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁɛ/	saxophonerait /sak.sɔ.fɔn.ʁɛ/	saxophonerions /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	saxophoneriez /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nə.ʁje/	saxophoneraient /sak.sɔ.fɔn.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	saxophone /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	saxophones /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	saxophone /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	saxophonions /sak.sɔ.fɔ.njɔ̃/	saxophoniez /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nje/	saxophonent /sak.sɔ.fɔn/
	imperfect2	saxophonasse /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nas/	saxophonasses /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nas/	saxophonât /sak.sɔ.fɔ.na/	saxophonassions /sak.sɔ.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	saxophonassiez /sak.sɔ.fɔ.na.sje/	saxophonassent /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	saxophone /sak.sɔ.fɔn/	—	saxophonons /sak.sɔ.fɔ.nɔ̃/	saxophonez /sak.sɔ.fɔ.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).