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rafraichir
rafraichir
See also: rafraîchir
French
Verb
rafraichir
- Alternative form of rafraîchir
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of rafraichir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rafraichir | avoir rafraichi | |||||
| gerund | en rafraichissant | en ayant rafraichi | |||||
| present participle | rafraichissant /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rafraichi /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rafraichis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
rafraichissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ |
rafraichissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | rafraichissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraichissais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraichissait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
rafraichissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraichissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraichissaient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rafraichis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichit /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichîmes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃim/ |
rafraichîtes /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃit/ |
rafraichirent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ |
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| future | rafraichirai /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ |
rafraichiras /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ |
rafraichira /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁa/ |
rafraichirons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
rafraichirez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁe/ |
rafraichiront /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rafraichirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraichirais /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraichirait /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
rafraichirions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rafraichiriez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.ʁje/ |
rafraichiraient /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.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 | rafraichisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraichisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraichisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraichissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraichissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraichissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
| imperfect1 |
rafraichisse /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraichisses /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
rafraichît /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
rafraichissions /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
rafraichissiez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sje/ |
rafraichissent /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rafraichis /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi/ |
— | rafraichissons /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
rafraichissez /ʁa.fʁɛ.ʃi.se/ |
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