témoigner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tesmoigner, from Old French tesmoignier, from tesmoing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.mwa.ɲe/
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Verb

témoigner

  1. (intransitive) to witness, to be a witness at or for
  2. (transitive) to demonstrate, show, or prove something
    Synonym: démontrer
    Je leur ai acheté un petit cadeau pour leur témoigner ma gratitude.
    I bought them a little gift to show my gratitude.

Conjugation

Conjugation of témoigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple témoigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple témoignant
/te.mwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle témoigné
/te.mwa.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present témoigne
/te.mwaɲ/ 		témoignes
/te.mwaɲ/ 		témoigne
/te.mwaɲ/ 		témoignons
/te.mwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		témoignez
/te.mwa.ɲe/ 		témoignent
/te.mwaɲ/
imperfect témoignais
/te.mwa.ɲɛ/ 		témoignais
/te.mwa.ɲɛ/ 		témoignait
/te.mwa.ɲɛ/ 		témoignions
/te.mwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		témoigniez
/te.mwa.ɲje/ 		témoignaient
/te.mwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 témoignai
/te.mwa.ɲe/ 		témoignas
/te.mwa.ɲa/ 		témoigna
/te.mwa.ɲa/ 		témoignâmes
/te.mwa.ɲam/ 		témoignâtes
/te.mwa.ɲat/ 		témoignèrent
/te.mwa.ɲɛʁ/
future témoignerai
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		témoigneras
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		témoignera
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		témoignerons
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		témoignerez
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		témoigneront
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional témoignerais
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		témoignerais
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		témoignerait
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		témoignerions
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		témoigneriez
/te.mwa.ɲə.ʁje/ 		témoigneraient
/te.mwa.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 témoigne
/te.mwaɲ/ 		témoignes
/te.mwaɲ/ 		témoigne
/te.mwaɲ/ 		témoignions
/te.mwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		témoigniez
/te.mwa.ɲje/ 		témoignent
/te.mwaɲ/
imperfect2 témoignasse
/te.mwa.ɲas/ 		témoignasses
/te.mwa.ɲas/ 		témoignât
/te.mwa.ɲa/ 		témoignassions
/te.mwa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		témoignassiez
/te.mwa.ɲa.sje/ 		témoignassent
/te.mwa.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — témoigne
/te.mwaɲ/ 		— témoignons
/te.mwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		témoignez
/te.mwa.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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