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rattraper
rattraper
French
Verb
rattraper
- (transitive) to get back (something which is lost)
- (transitive) to catch up (with) (arrive at the same level as)
- (transitive) to catch (e.g. an elevator)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rattraper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rattraper | avoir rattrapé | |||||
| gerund | en rattrapant | en ayant rattrapé | |||||
| present participle | rattrapant /ʁa.tʁa.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rattrapé /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapes /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapons /ʁa.tʁa.pɔ̃/ |
rattrapez /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
rattrapent /ʁa.tʁap/ |
| imperfect | rattrapais /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
rattrapais /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
rattrapait /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
rattrapions /ʁa.tʁa.pjɔ̃/ |
rattrapiez /ʁa.tʁa.pje/ |
rattrapaient /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rattrapai /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
rattrapas /ʁa.tʁa.pa/ |
rattrapa /ʁa.tʁa.pa/ |
rattrapâmes /ʁa.tʁa.pam/ |
rattrapâtes /ʁa.tʁa.pat/ |
rattrapèrent /ʁa.tʁa.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | rattraperai /ʁa.tʁa.pʁe/ |
rattraperas /ʁa.tʁa.pʁa/ |
rattrapera /ʁa.tʁa.pʁa/ |
rattraperons /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ |
rattraperez /ʁa.tʁa.pʁe/ |
rattraperont /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rattraperais /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
rattraperais /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
rattraperait /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
rattraperions /ʁa.tʁa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rattraperiez /ʁa.tʁa.pə.ʁje/ |
rattraperaient /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
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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 | rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapes /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapions /ʁa.tʁa.pjɔ̃/ |
rattrapiez /ʁa.tʁa.pje/ |
rattrapent /ʁa.tʁap/ |
| imperfect1 |
rattrapasse /ʁa.tʁa.pas/ |
rattrapasses /ʁa.tʁa.pas/ |
rattrapât /ʁa.tʁa.pa/ |
rattrapassions /ʁa.tʁa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
rattrapassiez /ʁa.tʁa.pa.sje/ |
rattrapassent /ʁa.tʁa.pas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
— | rattrapons /ʁa.tʁa.pɔ̃/ |
rattrapez /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
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