sonner conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/sɔ.ne/

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Translation

to ring, to sound

Word origin

From Latin sonare ('to make a sound'), from sonus ('sound').

Origin: Latin
Root: sonare
English cognates: sound, sonic

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	sonne	sonnais	sonnai	sonnerai	sonnerais
tu	sonnes	sonnais	sonnas	sonneras	sonnerais
il/elle	sonne	sonnait	sonna	sonnera	sonnerait
nous	sonnons	sonnions	sonnâmes	sonnerons	sonnerions
vous	sonnez	sonniez	sonnâtes	sonnerez	sonneriez
ils/elles	sonnent	sonnaient	sonnèrent	sonneront	sonneraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	sonne	sonnasse
tu	sonnes	sonnasses
il/elle	sonne	sonnât
nous	sonnions	sonnassions
vous	sonniez	sonnassiez
ils/elles	sonnent	sonnassent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	sonne
nous	sonnons
vous	sonnez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: sonnant
Past participle: sonné · sonnée · sonnés · sonnées

Examples

The telephone has been ringing for five minutes.

Quelqu' .

Someone is ringing at the door.

The alarm clock rang too early this morning.

l' .

The church bells ring at noon.

Cette .

This excuse sounds false to my ears.

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Qu'il vienne ou non
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This word is part of lesson 27.