témoigner
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French tesmoigner, from Old French tesmoignier, from tesmoing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]témoigner
- (intransitive) to witness, to be a witness at or for
- (transitive) to demonstrate, show, or prove something
- Synonym: démontrer
- Je leur ai acheté un petit cadeau pour leur témoigner ma gratitude.
- I bought them a little gift to show my gratitude.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of témoigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | témoigner | |||||
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compound | avoir past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | témoignant /te.mwa.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant past participle | ||||||
past participle | témoigné /te.mwa.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | témoigne /te.mwaɲ/ |
témoignes /te.mwaɲ/ |
témoigne /te.mwaɲ/ |
témoignons /te.mwa.ɲɔ̃/ |
témoignez /te.mwa.ɲe/ |
témoignent /te.mwaɲ/ |
imperfect | témoignais /te.mwa.ɲɛ/ |
témoignais /te.mwa.ɲɛ/ |
témoignait /te.mwa.ɲɛ/ |
témoignions /te.mwa.ɲjɔ̃/ |
témoigniez /te.mwa.ɲje/ |
témoignaient /te.mwa.ɲɛ/ | |
past historic2 | témoignai /te.mwa.ɲe/ |
témoignas /te.mwa.ɲa/ |
témoigna /te.mwa.ɲa/ |
témoignâmes /te.mwa.ɲam/ |
témoignâtes /te.mwa.ɲat/ |
témoignèrent /te.mwa.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | témoignerai /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁe/ |
témoigneras /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁa/ |
témoignera /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁa/ |
témoignerons /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
témoignerez /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁe/ |
témoigneront /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | témoignerais /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
témoignerais /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
témoignerait /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
témoignerions /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
témoigneriez /te.mwa.ɲə.ʁje/ |
témoigneraient /te.mwa.ɲə.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 | témoigne /te.mwaɲ/ |
témoignes /te.mwaɲ/ |
témoigne /te.mwaɲ/ |
témoignions /te.mwa.ɲjɔ̃/ |
témoigniez /te.mwa.ɲje/ |
témoignent /te.mwaɲ/ |
imperfect2 | témoignasse /te.mwa.ɲas/ |
témoignasses /te.mwa.ɲas/ |
témoignât /te.mwa.ɲa/ |
témoignassions /te.mwa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
témoignassiez /te.mwa.ɲa.sje/ |
témoignassent /te.mwa.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | témoigne /te.mwaɲ/ |
— | témoignons /te.mwa.ɲɔ̃/ |
témoignez /te.mwa.ɲe/ |
— | |
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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “témoigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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