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retracer
retracer
French
Verb
retracer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.
Conjugation of retracer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retracer | avoir retracé | |||||
| gerund | en retraçant | en ayant retracé | |||||
| present participle | retraçant /ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retracé /ʁə.tʁa.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retrace /ʁə.tʁas/ |
retraces /ʁə.tʁas/ |
retrace /ʁə.tʁas/ |
retraçons /ʁə.tʁa.sɔ̃/ |
retracez /ʁə.tʁa.se/ |
retracent /ʁə.tʁas/ |
| imperfect | retraçais /ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ |
retraçais /ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ |
retraçait /ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ |
retracions /ʁə.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
retraciez /ʁə.tʁa.sje/ |
retraçaient /ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retraçai /ʁə.tʁa.se/ |
retraças /ʁə.tʁa.sa/ |
retraça /ʁə.tʁa.sa/ |
retraçâmes /ʁə.tʁa.sam/ |
retraçâtes /ʁə.tʁa.sat/ |
retracèrent /ʁə.tʁa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | retracerai /ʁə.tʁa.sʁe/ |
retraceras /ʁə.tʁa.sʁa/ |
retracera /ʁə.tʁa.sʁa/ |
retracerons /ʁə.tʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
retracerez /ʁə.tʁa.sʁe/ |
retraceront /ʁə.tʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retracerais /ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
retracerais /ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
retracerait /ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
retracerions /ʁə.tʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retraceriez /ʁə.tʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
retraceraient /ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | retrace /ʁə.tʁas/ |
retraces /ʁə.tʁas/ |
retrace /ʁə.tʁas/ |
retracions /ʁə.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
retraciez /ʁə.tʁa.sje/ |
retracent /ʁə.tʁas/ |
| imperfect1 |
retraçasse /ʁə.tʁa.sas/ |
retraçasses /ʁə.tʁa.sas/ |
retraçât /ʁə.tʁa.sa/ |
retraçassions /ʁə.tʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
retraçassiez /ʁə.tʁa.sa.sje/ |
retraçassent /ʁə.tʁa.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | retrace /ʁə.tʁas/ |
— | retraçons /ʁə.tʁa.sɔ̃/ |
retracez /ʁə.tʁa.se/ |
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