soigner

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French

Etymology

From soin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swa.ɲe/
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Verb

soigner

  1. to treat; to nurse
  2. to look after, to take care of

Conjugation

Conjugation of soigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple soigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple soignant
/swa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle soigné
/swa.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present soigne
/swaɲ/ 		soignes
/swaɲ/ 		soigne
/swaɲ/ 		soignons
/swa.ɲɔ̃/ 		soignez
/swa.ɲe/ 		soignent
/swaɲ/
imperfect soignais
/swa.ɲɛ/ 		soignais
/swa.ɲɛ/ 		soignait
/swa.ɲɛ/ 		soignions
/swa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		soigniez
/swa.ɲje/ 		soignaient
/swa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 soignai
/swa.ɲe/ 		soignas
/swa.ɲa/ 		soigna
/swa.ɲa/ 		soignâmes
/swa.ɲam/ 		soignâtes
/swa.ɲat/ 		soignèrent
/swa.ɲɛʁ/
future soignerai
/swa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		soigneras
/swa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		soignera
/swa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		soignerons
/swa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		soignerez
/swa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		soigneront
/swa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional soignerais
/swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		soignerais
/swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		soignerait
/swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		soignerions
/swa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		soigneriez
/swa.ɲə.ʁje/ 		soigneraient
/swa.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 soigne
/swaɲ/ 		soignes
/swaɲ/ 		soigne
/swaɲ/ 		soignions
/swa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		soigniez
/swa.ɲje/ 		soignent
/swaɲ/
imperfect2 soignasse
/swa.ɲas/ 		soignasses
/swa.ɲas/ 		soignât
/swa.ɲa/ 		soignassions
/swa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		soignassiez
/swa.ɲa.sje/ 		soignassent
/swa.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — soigne
/swaɲ/ 		— soignons
/swa.ɲɔ̃/ 		soignez
/swa.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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