besogner

French

Etymology

From Frankish *bisunnjōn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bə.zɔ.ɲe/
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Verb

besogner

  1. (intransitive) to toil, drudge, slave away

Conjugation
Conjugation of besogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple besogner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple besognant
/bə.zɔ.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle besogné
/bə.zɔ.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present besogne
/bə.zɔɲ/		 besognes
/bə.zɔɲ/		 besogne
/bə.zɔɲ/		 besognons
/bə.zɔ.ɲɔ̃/		 besognez
/bə.zɔ.ɲe/		 besognent
/bə.zɔɲ/
imperfect besognais
/bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/		 besognais
/bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/		 besognait
/bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/		 besognions
/bə.zɔ.ɲjɔ̃/		 besogniez
/bə.zɔ.ɲje/		 besognaient
/bə.zɔ.ɲɛ/
past historic2 besognai
/bə.zɔ.ɲe/		 besognas
/bə.zɔ.ɲa/		 besogna
/bə.zɔ.ɲa/		 besognâmes
/bə.zɔ.ɲam/		 besognâtes
/bə.zɔ.ɲat/		 besognèrent
/bə.zɔ.ɲɛʁ/
future besognerai
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁe/		 besogneras
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁa/		 besognera
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁa/		 besognerons
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 besognerez
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁe/		 besogneront
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional besognerais
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 besognerais
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 besognerait
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 besognerions
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 besogneriez
/bə.zɔ.ɲə.ʁje/		 besogneraient
/bə.zɔ.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 besogne
/bə.zɔɲ/		 besognes
/bə.zɔɲ/		 besogne
/bə.zɔɲ/		 besognions
/bə.zɔ.ɲjɔ̃/		 besogniez
/bə.zɔ.ɲje/		 besognent
/bə.zɔɲ/
imperfect2 besognasse
/bə.zɔ.ɲas/		 besognasses
/bə.zɔ.ɲas/		 besognât
/bə.zɔ.ɲa/		 besognassions
/bə.zɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 besognassiez
/bə.zɔ.ɲa.sje/		 besognassent
/bə.zɔ.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — besogne
/bə.zɔɲ/		 — besognons
/bə.zɔ.ɲɔ̃/		 besognez
/bə.zɔ.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:
  • 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).

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