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French
Etymology
From pogne, poing.
Pronunciation
Verb
pogner
- (North America, transitive) to catch
Sauve-toi, il va te pogner!- Run, he's going to catch you!
J’ai pogné un rhume.- I caught a cold.
- (North America, transitive) to grab, to grasp
Il a pogné ses clés puis il est sorti.- He grabbed his keys and then he left.
Il l’a pognée par les cheveux.- He grasped it by the hair.
- (North America, slang, figuratively) to seize
L’envie m’a pogné de l’embrasser.- I was seized by the desire to kiss her.
- (Quebec, figuratively, impersonal verb) to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion)
Voyons, qu’est-ce qui te pogne tout d’un coup?- Hey, what's gotten into you all of a sudden?
- (Quebec, slang, transitive) to surprise, to run into, to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding)
Il s’est fait pogner par son patron.- He was found out by his boss.
- (Quebec, transitive) to collide, to hit
Je roulais à une vitesse normale, mais j’ai pogné une bosse et je ne m’y attendais pas.- I was driving at a regular speed, but I hit a bump and I wasn't expecting it.
- (Quebec, slang, transitive) to receive
Il a pogné trois ans de prison.- He got three years of jail time.
- (Quebec, slang, transitive) to understand, (figuratively) to get (a joke)
La pognes-tu?- Do you get it?
J’la pogne pas.- I don't understand.
- (Quebec, informal, intransitive) to catch on or become popular, to succeed
Ma musique pogne pas.- My music isn't catching on.
Notre site Internet pogne de plus en plus.- Our Web site is getting more and more popular.
- (Quebec, slang, idiomatic, intransitive) to seduce, to have success in interpersonal relationships
J’ai beau aller dans les bars, je pogne pas pantoute.- Try as I might at bars, I can't get any.
Ce gars-là pogne vraiment, toutes les filles sont à ses pieds.- That guy's a real lady-killer! All the girls are at his feet.
- (Quebec, informal, reflexive) to take or acquire something (for oneself)
C’est gratuit! Pogne-toi-z-en une couple!- It's free! Take a few!
C’est tellement bon, cet album-là, je vais m’en pogner un c’est sûr!- This album's really good! I'm definitely going to get it for myself.
- (Quebec, informal) to become stuck or jammed (of one object in another, used reflexively)
Il s’est pogné le doigt dans la machine.- He got his finger stuck in the machine.
J’ai peur de me pogner les cheveux dans le filtreur de la piscine.- I'm afraid of getting my hair stuck in the pool filtration system.
- (Quebec, slang, reflexive) to argue, to quarrel, to butt heads
C’est la troisième fois qu’il se pogne avec le prof cette semaine.- That's the third time this week that he's beefed with the professor.
Quand on se pogne avec quelqu’un à tout bout de champ, je pense que c’est mieux de prendre ses distances.- When you're butting heads with someone and there's no end in sight, I think it's better to keep your distance.
- (Quebec, slang, reflexive) to make out, or to make love or have sex
Depuis deux semaines, ma sœur passe ses soirées à se pogner avec son amoureux.- For the past two weeks, my sister's been spending her evenings having sex with her lover.
- (Louisiana, slang, transitive) to fool
Conjugation
pogner
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avoir + past participle
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pognant /pɔ.ɲɑ̃/
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ayant + past participle
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pogné /pɔ.ɲe/
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indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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pogne /pɔɲ/
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pognes /pɔɲ/
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pogne /pɔɲ/
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pognons /pɔ.ɲɔ̃/
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pognez /pɔ.ɲe/
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pognent /pɔɲ/
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imperfect
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pognais /pɔ.ɲɛ/
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pognais /pɔ.ɲɛ/
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pognait /pɔ.ɲɛ/
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pognions /pɔ.ɲjɔ̃/
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pogniez /pɔ.ɲje/
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pognaient /pɔ.ɲɛ/
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past historic2
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pognai /pɔ.ɲe/
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pognas /pɔ.ɲa/
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pogna /pɔ.ɲa/
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pognâmes /pɔ.ɲam/
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pognâtes /pɔ.ɲat/
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pognèrent /pɔ.ɲɛʁ/
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future
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pognerai /pɔ.ɲə.ʁe/
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pogneras /pɔ.ɲə.ʁa/
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pognera /pɔ.ɲə.ʁa/
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pognerons /pɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
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pognerez /pɔ.ɲə.ʁe/
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pogneront /pɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
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conditional
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pognerais /pɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/
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pognerais /pɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/
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pognerait /pɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/
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pognerions /pɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/
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pogneriez /pɔ.ɲə.ʁje/
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pogneraient /pɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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pogne /pɔɲ/
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pognes /pɔɲ/
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pogne /pɔɲ/
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pognions /pɔ.ɲjɔ̃/
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pogniez /pɔ.ɲje/
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pognent /pɔɲ/
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imperfect2
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pognasse /pɔ.ɲas/
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pognasses /pɔ.ɲas/
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pognât /pɔ.ɲa/
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pognassions /pɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/
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pognassiez /pɔ.ɲa.sje/
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pognassent /pɔ.ɲas/
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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pogne /pɔɲ/
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—
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pognons /pɔ.ɲɔ̃/
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pognez /pɔ.ɲe/
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—
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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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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