bonsai – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bonsai

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bonsai
Participle: bonsaied
Gerund: bonsaiing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	bonsai
you	bonsai
he;she;it	bonsais
we	bonsai
you	bonsai
they	bonsai

Perfect

I	have bonsaied
you	have bonsaied
he;she;it	has bonsaied
we	have bonsaied
you	have bonsaied
they	have bonsaied

Past

I	bonsaied
you	bonsaied
he;she;it	bonsaied
we	bonsaied
you	bonsaied
they	bonsaied

Pluperfect

I	had bonsaied
you	had bonsaied
he;she;it	had bonsaied
we	had bonsaied
you	had bonsaied
they	had bonsaied

Future

I	will bonsai
you	will bonsai
he;she;it	will bonsai
we	will bonsai
you	will bonsai
they	will bonsai

Future Perfect

I	will have bonsaied
you	will have bonsaied
he;she;it	will have bonsaied
we	will have bonsaied
you	will have bonsaied
they	will have bonsaied

Subjunctive

Present

I	bonsai
you	bonsai
he;she;it	bonsai
we	bonsai
you	bonsai
they	bonsai

Perfect

I	have bonsaied
you	have bonsaied
he;she;it	have bonsaied
we	have bonsaied
you	have bonsaied
they	have bonsaied

Imperfect

I	bonsaied
you	bonsaied
he;she;it	bonsaied
we	bonsaied
you	bonsaied
they	bonsaied

Pluperfect

I	had bonsaied
you	had bonsaied
he;she;it	had bonsaied
we	had bonsaied
you	had bonsaied
they	had bonsaied

Conditional

Present

I	would bonsai
you	would bonsai
he;she;it	would bonsai
we	would bonsai
you	would bonsai
they	would bonsai

Perfect

I	would have bonsaied
you	would have bonsaied
he;she;it	would have bonsaied
we	would have bonsaied
you	would have bonsaied
they	would have bonsaied

Imperative

you	bonsai
we	Let's bonsai
you	bonsai

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am bonsaiing
you	are bonsaiing
he;she;it	is bonsaiing
we	are bonsaiing
you	are bonsaiing
they	are bonsaiing

Perfect

I	have been bonsaiing
you	have been bonsaiing
he;she;it	has been bonsaiing
we	have been bonsaiing
you	have been bonsaiing
they	have been bonsaiing

Past

I	was bonsaiing
you	were bonsaiing
he;she;it	was bonsaiing
we	were bonsaiing
you	were bonsaiing
they	were bonsaiing

Pluperfect

I	had been bonsaiing
you	had been bonsaiing
he;she;it	had been bonsaiing
we	had been bonsaiing
you	had been bonsaiing
they	had been bonsaiing

Future

I	will be bonsaiing
you	will be bonsaiing
he;she;it	will be bonsaiing
we	will be bonsaiing
you	will be bonsaiing
they	will be bonsaiing

Future Perfect

I	will have been bonsaiing
you	will have been bonsaiing
he;she;it	will have been bonsaiing
we	will have been bonsaiing
you	will have been bonsaiing
they	will have been bonsaiing

Conditional

Present

I	would be bonsaiing
you	would be bonsaiing
he;she;it	would be bonsaiing
we	would be bonsaiing
you	would be bonsaiing
they	would be bonsaiing

Perfect

I	would have been bonsaiing
you	would have been bonsaiing
he;she;it	would have been bonsaiing
we	would have been bonsaiing
you	would have been bonsaiing
they	would 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:]