bonsai – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bonsai

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bonsai
Participle: bonsaied
Gerund: bonsaiing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibonsai
youbonsai
he;she;itbonsais
webonsai
youbonsai
theybonsai

Perfect

Ihave bonsaied
youhave bonsaied
he;she;ithas bonsaied
wehave bonsaied
youhave bonsaied
theyhave bonsaied

Past

Ibonsaied
youbonsaied
he;she;itbonsaied
webonsaied
youbonsaied
theybonsaied

Pluperfect

Ihad bonsaied
youhad bonsaied
he;she;ithad bonsaied
wehad bonsaied
youhad bonsaied
theyhad bonsaied

Future

Iwill bonsai
youwill bonsai
he;she;itwill bonsai
wewill bonsai
youwill bonsai
theywill bonsai

Future Perfect

Iwill have bonsaied
youwill have bonsaied
he;she;itwill have bonsaied
wewill have bonsaied
youwill have bonsaied
theywill have bonsaied

Subjunctive

Present

Ibonsai
youbonsai
he;she;itbonsai
webonsai
youbonsai
theybonsai

Perfect

Ihave bonsaied
youhave bonsaied
he;she;ithave bonsaied
wehave bonsaied
youhave bonsaied
theyhave bonsaied

Imperfect

Ibonsaied
youbonsaied
he;she;itbonsaied
webonsaied
youbonsaied
theybonsaied

Pluperfect

Ihad bonsaied
youhad bonsaied
he;she;ithad bonsaied
wehad bonsaied
youhad bonsaied
theyhad bonsaied

Conditional

Present

Iwould bonsai
youwould bonsai
he;she;itwould bonsai
wewould bonsai
youwould bonsai
theywould bonsai

Perfect

Iwould have bonsaied
youwould have bonsaied
he;she;itwould have bonsaied
wewould have bonsaied
youwould have bonsaied
theywould have bonsaied

Imperative

youbonsai
weLet's bonsai
youbonsai

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bonsaiing
youare bonsaiing
he;she;itis bonsaiing
weare bonsaiing
youare bonsaiing
theyare bonsaiing

Perfect

Ihave been bonsaiing
youhave been bonsaiing
he;she;ithas been bonsaiing
wehave been bonsaiing
youhave been bonsaiing
theyhave been bonsaiing

Past

Iwas bonsaiing
youwere bonsaiing
he;she;itwas bonsaiing
wewere bonsaiing
youwere bonsaiing
theywere bonsaiing

Pluperfect

Ihad been bonsaiing
youhad been bonsaiing
he;she;ithad been bonsaiing
wehad been bonsaiing
youhad been bonsaiing
theyhad been bonsaiing

Future

Iwill be bonsaiing
youwill be bonsaiing
he;she;itwill be bonsaiing
wewill be bonsaiing
youwill be bonsaiing
theywill be bonsaiing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bonsaiing
youwill have been bonsaiing
he;she;itwill have been bonsaiing
wewill have been bonsaiing
youwill have been bonsaiing
theywill have been bonsaiing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bonsaiing
youwould be bonsaiing
he;she;itwould be bonsaiing
wewould be bonsaiing
youwould be bonsaiing
theywould be bonsaiing

Perfect

Iwould have been bonsaiing
youwould have been bonsaiing
he;she;itwould have been bonsaiing
wewould have been bonsaiing
youwould have been bonsaiing
theywould have been bonsaiing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bonsai'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bonsai'

balsam, banjax, benday, besay, boak, boast, boat, bobar, bobbar, bobtail,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).

Sample Sentences

  • Could I be a father who was, so to speak, bonsaiing his children, trimming urban roots, and then twisting the emerging branches? [2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird, page 50:]