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fonder
fonder
French
Etymology
From Old French fonder and its variants, from Latin fundāre, present active infinitive of fundō.
Pronunciation
Verb
fonder
- to found
- Son vœu le plus cher est de fonder un foyer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fonder | avoir fondé | |||||
| gerund | en fondant | en ayant fondé | |||||
| present participle | fondant /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fondé /fɔ̃.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondes /fɔ̃d/ |
fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondons /fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
fondez /fɔ̃.de/ |
fondent /fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | fondais /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
fondais /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
fondait /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
fondions /fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
fondiez /fɔ̃.dje/ |
fondaient /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fondai /fɔ̃.de/ |
fondas /fɔ̃.da/ |
fonda /fɔ̃.da/ |
fondâmes /fɔ̃.dam/ |
fondâtes /fɔ̃.dat/ |
fondèrent /fɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | fonderai /fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
fonderas /fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
fondera /fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
fonderons /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
fonderez /fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
fonderont /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fonderais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
fonderais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
fonderait /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
fonderions /fɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fonderiez /fɔ̃.də.ʁje/ |
fonderaient /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondes /fɔ̃d/ |
fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondions /fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
fondiez /fɔ̃.dje/ |
fondent /fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
fondasse /fɔ̃.das/ |
fondasses /fɔ̃.das/ |
fondât /fɔ̃.da/ |
fondassions /fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
fondassiez /fɔ̃.da.sje/ |
fondassent /fɔ̃.das/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
— | fondons /fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
fondez /fɔ̃.de/ |
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