berner
See also: Berner
French
Etymology
From Old French bren (“bran”), with metathesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛʁ.ne/
Verb
berner
- (transitive) to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around
- Il s'est fait complètement berner.
- He was completely taken in.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of berner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | berner | avoir berné | |||||
| gerund | en bernant | en ayant berné | |||||
| present participle | bernant /bɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | berné /bɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | 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 | berne /bɛʁn/ |
bernes /bɛʁn/ |
berne /bɛʁn/ |
bernions /bɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
berniez /bɛʁ.nje/ |
bernent /bɛʁn/ |
| imperfect1 | bernasse /bɛʁ.nas/ |
bernasses /bɛʁ.nas/ |
bernât /bɛʁ.na/ |
bernassions /bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
bernassiez /bɛʁ.na.sje/ |
bernassent /bɛʁ.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | berne /bɛʁn/ |
— | bernons /bɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
bernez /bɛʁ.ne/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “berner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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