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rappeler
rappeler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁap(ə)le/
Verb
rappeler
- to call again; to call back
- Ton père t’a téléphoné. Peux-tu le rappeler ?
- Your father telephoned. Can you call him back?
- Ton père t’a téléphoné. Peux-tu le rappeler ?
- to remind
- Rappelle-moi mon rôle.
- Remind me of my role.
- Rappelle-moi mon rôle.
- (reflexive, informal) to recall
- Je ne me le rappelle pas.
- I don't remember that/it.
- Je ne me rappelle pas de lui.
- I don't remember him.
- Je ne me le rappelle pas.
- (climbing) to pull through (a rope)
Related terms
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of rappeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rappeler | avoir rappelé | |||||
| gerund | en rappelant | en ayant rappelé | |||||
| present participle | rappelant /ʁa.plɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rappelé /ʁa.ple/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ |
rappelles /ʁa.pɛl/ |
rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ |
rappelons /ʁa.plɔ̃/ |
rappelez /ʁa.ple/ |
rappellent /ʁa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | rappelais /ʁa.plɛ/ |
rappelais /ʁa.plɛ/ |
rappelait /ʁa.plɛ/ |
rappelions /ʁa.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
rappeliez /ʁa.pə.lje/ |
rappelaient /ʁa.plɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rappelai /ʁa.ple/ |
rappelas /ʁa.pla/ |
rappela /ʁa.pla/ |
rappelâmes /ʁa.plam/ |
rappelâtes /ʁa.plat/ |
rappelèrent /ʁa.plɛʁ/ |
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| future | rappellerai /ʁa.pɛl.ʁe/ |
rappelleras /ʁa.pɛl.ʁa/ |
rappellera /ʁa.pɛl.ʁa/ |
rappellerons /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
rappellerez /ʁa.pɛl.ʁe/ |
rappelleront /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rappellerais /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
rappellerais /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
rappellerait /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
rappellerions /ʁa.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rappelleriez /ʁa.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
rappelleraient /ʁa.pɛl.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 | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ |
rappelles /ʁa.pɛl/ |
rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ |
rappelions /ʁa.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
rappeliez /ʁa.pə.lje/ |
rappellent /ʁa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
rappelasse /ʁa.plas/ |
rappelasses /ʁa.plas/ |
rappelât /ʁa.pla/ |
rappelassions /ʁa.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
rappelassiez /ʁa.pla.sje/ |
rappelassent /ʁa.plas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ |
— | rappelons /ʁa.plɔ̃/ |
rappelez /ʁa.ple/ |
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