berner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bren (“bran, excrement”), with metathesis (circa 1480s), having first had the meaning of "vanner le blé" or the scatological meaning of "fouiller d'excréments" present in Rabelais' writings. For semantic development, compare terms like shit talk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

berner

  1. (transitive) to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink
    Il s’est fait complètement berner.
    He was completely taken in.
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎:
      À présent, les deux amants devaient regarder le billet en transparence, comme une plaque photographique, pour s’assurer qu’il était bon. L’impression d’avoir été berné me rendait nerveux.
      Right now, the two lovers must have been holding the note up to the light like a photographic plate to check that it was real. The feeling that I had been tricked was making me nervous.

Conjugation

Conjugation of berner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple berner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bernant
/bɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle berné
/bɛʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present berne
/bɛʁn/ 		bernes
/bɛʁn/ 		berne
/bɛʁn/ 		bernons
/bɛʁ.nɔ̃/ 		bernez
/bɛʁ.ne/ 		bernent
/bɛʁn/
imperfect bernais
/bɛʁ.nɛ/ 		bernais
/bɛʁ.nɛ/ 		bernait
/bɛʁ.nɛ/ 		bernions
/bɛʁ.njɔ̃/ 		berniez
/bɛʁ.nje/ 		bernaient
/bɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 bernai
/bɛʁ.ne/ 		bernas
/bɛʁ.na/ 		berna
/bɛʁ.na/ 		bernâmes
/bɛʁ.nam/ 		bernâtes
/bɛʁ.nat/ 		bernèrent
/bɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future bernerai
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		berneras
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		bernera
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		bernerons
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		bernerez
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		berneront
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bernerais
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		bernerais
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		bernerait
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		bernerions
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		berneriez
/bɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ 		berneraient
/bɛʁ.nə.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 berne
/bɛʁn/ 		bernes
/bɛʁn/ 		berne
/bɛʁn/ 		bernions
/bɛʁ.njɔ̃/ 		berniez
/bɛʁ.nje/ 		bernent
/bɛʁn/
imperfect2 bernasse
/bɛʁ.nas/ 		bernasses
/bɛʁ.nas/ 		bernât
/bɛʁ.na/ 		bernassions
/bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		bernassiez
/bɛʁ.na.sje/ 		bernassent
/bɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — berne
/bɛʁn/ 		— bernons
/bɛʁ.nɔ̃/ 		bernez
/bɛʁ.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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