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rabâcher
rabâcher
French
Verb
rabâcher
- to harp on (about)
- to go back on one's word; fail to keep a promise.
Conjugation
Conjugation of rabâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rabâcher | avoir rabâché | |||||
| gerund | en rabâchant | en ayant rabâché | |||||
| present participle | rabâchant /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rabâché /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rabâche /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâches /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâche /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâchons /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
rabâchez /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
rabâchent /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | rabâchais /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
rabâchais /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
rabâchait /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
rabâchions /ʁa.bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
rabâchiez /ʁa.bɑ.ʃje/ |
rabâchaient /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rabâchai /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
rabâchas /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ |
rabâcha /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ |
rabâchâmes /ʁa.bɑ.ʃam/ |
rabâchâtes /ʁa.bɑ.ʃat/ |
rabâchèrent /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | rabâcherai /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁe/ |
rabâcheras /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁa/ |
rabâchera /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁa/ |
rabâcherons /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rabâcherez /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁe/ |
rabâcheront /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rabâcherais /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rabâcherais /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rabâcherait /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rabâcherions /ʁa.bɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rabâcheriez /ʁa.bɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
rabâcheraient /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | rabâche /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâches /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâche /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâchions /ʁa.bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
rabâchiez /ʁa.bɑ.ʃje/ |
rabâchent /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
rabâchasse /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ |
rabâchasses /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ |
rabâchât /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ |
rabâchassions /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
rabâchassiez /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
rabâchassent /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | rabâche /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
— | rabâchons /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
rabâchez /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
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