The French for buzz, hum is the verb bourdonner

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French for buzz, hum is the regular ER verb bourdonner, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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Being one of the many regular ER verb makes it easier to learn and remember its conjugations as there are many thousands of verbs conjugated with exactly the same endings. BUZZ through them and HUM them aloud - it should not be a BURDEN I promise you.

So, if you want to know how to say buzz, hum in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb bourdonner - French for buzz, hum

Here you’ll learn the conjugations of bourdonner, which is French for buzz, hum.

• I buzz, hum.
• you buzz.
• he will buzz, hum.
• we would buzz, hum.
• they may buzz, hum.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for bourdonner, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE bourdonner
Simple Tenses bourdonner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent buzz, hum	bourdonne	bourdonnes	bourdonne	bourdonnons	bourdonnez	bourdonnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait buzzed	bourdonnais	bourdonnais	bourdonnait	bourdonnions	bourdonniez	bourdonnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple buzzed	bourdonnai	bourdonnas	bourdonna	bourdonnâmes	bourdonnâtes	bourdonnèrent
Future Futur will buzz, hum	bourdonnerai	bourdonneras	bourdonnera	bourdonnerons	bourdonnerez	bourdonneront
Conditional Conditionnel would buzz, hum	bourdonnerais	bourdonnerais	bourdonnerait	bourdonnerions	bourdonneriez	bourdonneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may buzz, hum	bourdonne	bourdonnes	bourdonne	bourdonnions	bourdonniez	bourdonnent
Compound Tenses bourdonner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have buzzed	ai bourdonné	as bourdonné	a bourdonné	avons bourdonné	avez bourdonné	ont bourdonné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had buzzed	avais bourdonné	avais bourdonné	avait bourdonné	avions bourdonné	aviez bourdonné	avaient bourdonné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai bourdonné	auras bourdonné	aura bourdonné	aurons bourdonné	aurez bourdonné	auront bourdonné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have buzzed	aurais bourdonné	aurais bourdonné	aurait bourdonné	aurions bourdonné	auriez bourdonné	auraient bourdonné
Imperative Imperatif buzz, hum!		bourdonne		bourdonnons	bourdonnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of bourdonner the French for buzz, hum
présent de l’indicatif

je bourdonne
- I buzz, hum
tu bourdonnes
- you buzz, hum - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bourdonne
- he, she, it, one buzzes
nous bourdonnons
- we buzz, hum
vous bourdonnez
- you buzz, hum (formal or plural)
ils, elles bourdonnent
- they buzz, hum

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
imparfait de l’indicatif

je bourdonnais
- I buzzed
- I was buzzing
tu bourdonnais
- you buzzed- (familiar or informal)
- you were buzzing
il, elle, on bourdonnait
- he, she, it, one buzzed
- he, she, it, one was buzzing
nous bourdonnions
- we buzzed
- we were buzzing
vous bourdonniez
- you buzzed- (formal or plural)
- you were buzzing
ils, elles bourdonnaient
- they buzzed
- they were buzzing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
passé simple

je bourdonnai
- I buzzed
tu bourdonnas
- you buzzed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bourdonna
- he, she, it, one buzzed
nous bourdonnâmes
- we buzzed
vous bourdonnâtes
- you buzzed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles bourdonnèrent
they buzzed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
futur

je bourdonnerai
- I will buzz, hum
tu bourdonneras
- you will buzz, hum (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bourdonnera
- he, she, it, one will buzz, hum
nous bourdonnerons
- we will buzz, hum
vous bourdonnerez
- you will buzz, hum (formal or plural)
ils, elles bourdonneront
- they will buzz, hum

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Conditional Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
conditionnel

je bourdonnerais
- I would buzz, hum
tu bourdonnerais
- you would buzz, hum (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bourdonnerait
- he, she, it, one would buzz, hum
nous bourdonnerions
- we would buzz, hum
vous bourdonneriez
- you would buzz, hum (formal or plural)
ils, elles bourdonneraient
- they would buzz, hum

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
présent de subjonctif

que je bourdonne
- that I may buzz, hum
que tu bourdonnes
- that you may buzz, hum(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on bourdonne
- that he, she, it, one may buzz, hum
que nous bourdonnions
- that we may buzz, hum
que vous bourdonniez
- that you may buzz, hum(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles bourdonnent
- that they may buzz, hum

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb bourdonner - the verb ‘to buzz, hum’ in French

Past Participle of bourdonner is:
bourdonné -buzzed.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have buzzed
• you had buzzed
• he will have buzzed
• we would have buzzed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of bourdonner - French for buzz, hum
passé composé

Here’s the French for buzz, hum conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai bourdonné
- I have buzzed or I did buzz, hum or
- I buzzed
tu as bourdonné
- you have buzzed or you did buzz, hum - (familiar or informal) or
- you buzzed
il, elle, on a bourdonné
- he, she, it, one has buzz, hum or did buzz, hum
- he, she, it buzzed
nous avons bourdonné
- we have buzzed or we did buzz, hum
- we buzzed
vous avez bourdonné
- you have buzzed or you did buzz, hum (formal or plural) or
- or we buzzed
ils, elles ont bourdonné
- they have buzzed or they did buzz, hum
- they buzzed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of bourdonner - buzz, hum in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -buzz, hum conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais bourdonné
- I had buzzed
tu avais bourdonné
- you had buzzed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait bourdonné
- he, she, it, one had buzzed
nous avions bourdonné
- we had buzzed
vous aviez bourdonné
- you had buzzed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient bourdonné
- they had buzzed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
futur antérieur

j’aurai bourdonné
- I will have
tu auras bourdonné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura bourdonné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons bourdonné
- we will have
vous aurez bourdonné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront bourdonné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
conditionnel passé

j’aurais bourdonné
- I would have buzzed
tu aurais bourdonné
- you would have buzzed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait bourdonné
- he, she, it, one would have buzzed
nous aurions bourdonné
- we would have buzzed
vous auriez bourdonné
- you would have buzzed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient bourdonné
- they would have buzzed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of bourdonner, the French for buzz, hum
impératif

bourdonne
- buzz, hum!
bourdonnons
- let’s buzz, hum!
bourdonnez
- buzz, hum!

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Present Participle of bourdonner

bourdonnant - buzzing

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like bourdonner the French for buzz, hum

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