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retâter
retâter
French
Verb
retâter
Conjugation
Conjugation of retâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retâter | avoir retâté | |||||
| gerund | en retâtant | en ayant retâté | |||||
| present participle | retâtant /ʁə.tɑ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retâté /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retâte /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtes /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâte /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtons /ʁə.tɑ.tɔ̃/ |
retâtez /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
retâtent /ʁə.tɑt/ |
| imperfect | retâtais /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
retâtais /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
retâtait /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
retâtions /ʁə.tɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
retâtiez /ʁə.tɑ.tje/ |
retâtaient /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retâtai /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
retâtas /ʁə.tɑ.ta/ |
retâta /ʁə.tɑ.ta/ |
retâtâmes /ʁə.tɑ.tam/ |
retâtâtes /ʁə.tɑ.tat/ |
retâtèrent /ʁə.tɑ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | retâterai /ʁə.tɑ.tʁe/ |
retâteras /ʁə.tɑ.tʁa/ |
retâtera /ʁə.tɑ.tʁa/ |
retâterons /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
retâterez /ʁə.tɑ.tʁe/ |
retâteront /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retâterais /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
retâterais /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
retâterait /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
retâterions /ʁə.tɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retâteriez /ʁə.tɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
retâteraient /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | retâte /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtes /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâte /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtions /ʁə.tɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
retâtiez /ʁə.tɑ.tje/ |
retâtent /ʁə.tɑt/ |
| imperfect1 |
retâtasse /ʁə.tɑ.tas/ |
retâtasses /ʁə.tɑ.tas/ |
retâtât /ʁə.tɑ.ta/ |
retâtassions /ʁə.tɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
retâtassiez /ʁə.tɑ.ta.sje/ |
retâtassent /ʁə.tɑ.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | retâte /ʁə.tɑt/ |
— | retâtons /ʁə.tɑ.tɔ̃/ |
retâtez /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||