abonner
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + borne (“boundary”), from Old French bodne, from Early Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]abonner
- (ditransitive) to subscribe somebody to a service; to take a subscription for
- J’ai abonné ma sœur au câble ― I bought cable for my sister
- (reflexive) to subscribe to a service, publication, or social media account.
- Je me suis abonné à plusieurs magazines ― I subscribed to several magazines.
- (rare) to become accustomed to or a regular of
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of abonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abonnant /a.bɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abonné /a.bɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | abonne /a.bɔn/ |
abonnes /a.bɔn/ |
abonne /a.bɔn/ |
abonnons /a.bɔ.nɔ̃/ |
abonnez /a.bɔ.ne/ |
abonnent /a.bɔn/ |
| imperfect | abonnais /a.bɔ.nɛ/ |
abonnais /a.bɔ.nɛ/ |
abonnait /a.bɔ.nɛ/ |
abonnions /a.bɔ.njɔ̃/ |
abonniez /a.bɔ.nje/ |
abonnaient /a.bɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abonnai /a.bɔ.ne/ |
abonnas /a.bɔ.na/ |
abonna /a.bɔ.na/ |
abonnâmes /a.bɔ.nam/ |
abonnâtes /a.bɔ.nat/ |
abonnèrent /a.bɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | abonnerai /a.bɔn.ʁe/ |
abonneras /a.bɔn.ʁa/ |
abonnera /a.bɔn.ʁa/ |
abonnerons /a.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
abonnerez /a.bɔn.ʁe/ |
abonneront /a.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abonnerais /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/ |
abonnerais /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/ |
abonnerait /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/ |
abonnerions /a.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abonneriez /a.bɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
abonneraient /a.bɔn.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 | abonne /a.bɔn/ |
abonnes /a.bɔn/ |
abonne /a.bɔn/ |
abonnions /a.bɔ.njɔ̃/ |
abonniez /a.bɔ.nje/ |
abonnent /a.bɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | abonnasse /a.bɔ.nas/ |
abonnasses /a.bɔ.nas/ |
abonnât /a.bɔ.na/ |
abonnassions /a.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
abonnassiez /a.bɔ.na.sje/ |
abonnassent /a.bɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abonne /a.bɔn/ |
— | abonnons /a.bɔ.nɔ̃/ |
abonnez /a.bɔ.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). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'abonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'abonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’abonnant /sa.bɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abonné /a.bɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’abonne /ma.bɔn/ |
t’abonnes /ta.bɔn/ |
s’abonne /sa.bɔn/ |
nous abonnons /nu.z‿a.bɔ.nɔ̃/ |
vous abonnez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.ne/ |
s’abonnent /sa.bɔn/ |
| imperfect | m’abonnais /ma.bɔ.nɛ/ |
t’abonnais /ta.bɔ.nɛ/ |
s’abonnait /sa.bɔ.nɛ/ |
nous abonnions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.njɔ̃/ |
vous abonniez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nje/ |
s’abonnaient /sa.bɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’abonnai /ma.bɔ.ne/ |
t’abonnas /ta.bɔ.na/ |
s’abonna /sa.bɔ.na/ |
nous abonnâmes /nu.z‿a.bɔ.nam/ |
vous abonnâtes /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nat/ |
s’abonnèrent /sa.bɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’abonnerai /ma.bɔn.ʁe/ |
t’abonneras /ta.bɔn.ʁa/ |
s’abonnera /sa.bɔn.ʁa/ |
nous abonnerons /nu.z‿a.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous abonnerez /vu.z‿a.bɔn.ʁe/ |
s’abonneront /sa.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’abonnerais /ma.bɔn.ʁɛ/ |
t’abonnerais /ta.bɔn.ʁɛ/ |
s’abonnerait /sa.bɔn.ʁɛ/ |
nous abonnerions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous abonneriez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
s’abonneraient /sa.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’abonne /ma.bɔn/ |
t’abonnes /ta.bɔn/ |
s’abonne /sa.bɔn/ |
nous abonnions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.njɔ̃/ |
vous abonniez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nje/ |
s’abonnent /sa.bɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | m’abonnasse /ma.bɔ.nas/ |
t’abonnasses /ta.bɔ.nas/ |
s’abonnât /sa.bɔ.na/ |
nous abonnassions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
vous abonnassiez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.na.sje/ |
s’abonnassent /sa.bɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abonne-toi /a.bɔn.twa/ |
— | abonnons-nous /a.bɔ.nɔ̃.nu/ |
abonnez-vous /a.bɔ.ne.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → German: abonnieren
- → Esperanto: aboni
- → Spanish: abonarse (in part)
- → Italian: abbonare
- → Dutch: abonneren
- → Albanian: abonoj
References
[edit]- ^ Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 73
Further reading
[edit]- “abonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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