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borner
borner
French
Verb
borner
- to limit, confine
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to confine oneself (à faire to doing something)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to content oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of borner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | borner | avoir borné | |||||
| gerund | en bornant | en ayant borné | |||||
| present participle | bornant /bɔʁ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | borné /bɔʁ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | borne /bɔʁn/ |
bornes /bɔʁn/ |
borne /bɔʁn/ |
bornons /bɔʁ.nɔ̃/ |
bornez /bɔʁ.ne/ |
bornent /bɔʁn/ |
| imperfect | bornais /bɔʁ.nɛ/ |
bornais /bɔʁ.nɛ/ |
bornait /bɔʁ.nɛ/ |
bornions /bɔʁ.njɔ̃/ |
borniez /bɔʁ.nje/ |
bornaient /bɔʁ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bornai /bɔʁ.ne/ |
bornas /bɔʁ.na/ |
borna /bɔʁ.na/ |
bornâmes /bɔʁ.nam/ |
bornâtes /bɔʁ.nat/ |
bornèrent /bɔʁ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | bornerai /bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
borneras /bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
bornera /bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
bornerons /bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
bornerez /bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
borneront /bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bornerais /bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
bornerais /bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
bornerait /bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
bornerions /bɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
borneriez /bɔʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
borneraient /bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | borne /bɔʁn/ |
bornes /bɔʁn/ |
borne /bɔʁn/ |
bornions /bɔʁ.njɔ̃/ |
borniez /bɔʁ.nje/ |
bornent /bɔʁn/ |
| imperfect1 |
bornasse /bɔʁ.nas/ |
bornasses /bɔʁ.nas/ |
bornât /bɔʁ.na/ |
bornassions /bɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
bornassiez /bɔʁ.na.sje/ |
bornassent /bɔʁ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | borne /bɔʁn/ |
— | bornons /bɔʁ.nɔ̃/ |
bornez /bɔʁ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||