bougonner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ɡɔ.ne/

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Verb

bougonner

1. to grumble (complain)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bougonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bougonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bougonnant /bu.ɡɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bougonné /bu.ɡɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bougonne /bu.ɡɔn/	bougonnes /bu.ɡɔn/	bougonne /bu.ɡɔn/	bougonnons /bu.ɡɔ.nɔ̃/	bougonnez /bu.ɡɔ.ne/	bougonnent /bu.ɡɔn/
	imperfect	bougonnais /bu.ɡɔ.nɛ/	bougonnais /bu.ɡɔ.nɛ/	bougonnait /bu.ɡɔ.nɛ/	bougonnions /bu.ɡɔ.njɔ̃/	bougonniez /bu.ɡɔ.nje/	bougonnaient /bu.ɡɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	bougonnai /bu.ɡɔ.ne/	bougonnas /bu.ɡɔ.na/	bougonna /bu.ɡɔ.na/	bougonnâmes /bu.ɡɔ.nam/	bougonnâtes /bu.ɡɔ.nat/	bougonnèrent /bu.ɡɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	bougonnerai /bu.ɡɔn.ʁe/	bougonneras /bu.ɡɔn.ʁa/	bougonnera /bu.ɡɔn.ʁa/	bougonnerons /bu.ɡɔn.ʁɔ̃/	bougonnerez /bu.ɡɔn.ʁe/	bougonneront /bu.ɡɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bougonnerais /bu.ɡɔn.ʁɛ/	bougonnerais /bu.ɡɔn.ʁɛ/	bougonnerait /bu.ɡɔn.ʁɛ/	bougonnerions /bu.ɡɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	bougonneriez /bu.ɡɔ.nə.ʁje/	bougonneraient /bu.ɡɔn.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	bougonne /bu.ɡɔn/	bougonnes /bu.ɡɔn/	bougonne /bu.ɡɔn/	bougonnions /bu.ɡɔ.njɔ̃/	bougonniez /bu.ɡɔ.nje/	bougonnent /bu.ɡɔn/
	imperfect2	bougonnasse /bu.ɡɔ.nas/	bougonnasses /bu.ɡɔ.nas/	bougonnât /bu.ɡɔ.na/	bougonnassions /bu.ɡɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	bougonnassiez /bu.ɡɔ.na.sje/	bougonnassent /bu.ɡɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bougonne /bu.ɡɔn/	—	bougonnons /bu.ɡɔ.nɔ̃/	bougonnez /bu.ɡɔ.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).

Related terms

• bougon
• bougonnement

Further reading

• “bougonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.