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recouvrir
recouvrir
French
Verb
recouvrir
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle recouvert is irregular.
Conjugation of recouvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | recouvrir | avoir recouvert | |||||
| gerund | en recouvrant | en ayant recouvert | |||||
| present participle | recouvrant /ʁə.ku.vʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | recouvert /ʁə.ku.vɛʁ/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvres /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvrons /ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
recouvrez /ʁə.ku.vʁe/ |
recouvrent /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
| imperfect | recouvrais /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
recouvrais /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
recouvrait /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
recouvrions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
recouvriez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/ |
recouvraient /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | recouvris /ʁə.ku.vʁi/ |
recouvris /ʁə.ku.vʁi/ |
recouvrit /ʁə.ku.vʁi/ |
recouvrîmes /ʁə.ku.vʁim/ |
recouvrîtes /ʁə.ku.vʁit/ |
recouvrirent /ʁə.ku.vʁiʁ/ |
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| future | recouvrirai /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁe/ |
recouvriras /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁa/ |
recouvrira /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁa/ |
recouvrirons /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
recouvrirez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁe/ |
recouvriront /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | recouvrirais /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
recouvrirais /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
recouvrirait /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
recouvririons /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
recouvririez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.ʁje/ |
recouvriraient /ʁə.ku.vʁi.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 | recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvres /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvrions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
recouvriez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/ |
recouvrent /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
recouvrisse /ʁə.ku.vʁis/ |
recouvrisses /ʁə.ku.vʁis/ |
recouvrît /ʁə.ku.vʁi/ |
recouvrissions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
recouvrissiez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.sje/ |
recouvrissent /ʁə.ku.vʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
— | recouvrons /ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
recouvrez /ʁə.ku.vʁe/ |
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