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repouvoir
repouvoir
French
Verb
repouvoir
- (very rare) to be able to again
Usage notes
- It's more usual in contemporary French to use pouvoir with re- in front of the verb, or use à nouveau or de nouveau.
Conjugation
Conjugation of repouvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | repouvoir | avoir repu | |||||
| gerund | en repouvant | en ayant repu | |||||
| present participle | repouvant /ʁə.pu.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | repu /ʁə.py/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | repeux /ʁə.pø/ |
repeux /ʁə.pø/ |
repeut /ʁə.pø/ |
repouvons /ʁə.pu.vɔ̃/ |
repouvez /ʁə.pu.ve/ |
repeuvent /ʁə.pœv/ |
| imperfect | repouvais /ʁə.pu.vɛ/ |
repouvais /ʁə.pu.vɛ/ |
repouvait /ʁə.pu.vɛ/ |
repouvions /ʁə.pu.vjɔ̃/ |
repouviez /ʁə.pu.vje/ |
repouvaient /ʁə.pu.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | repus /ʁə.py/ |
repus /ʁə.py/ |
reput /ʁə.py/ |
repûmes /ʁə.pym/ |
repûtes /ʁə.pyt/ |
repurent /ʁə.pyʁ/ |
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| future | repourrai /ʁə.pu.ʁe/ |
repourras /ʁə.pu.ʁa/ |
repourra /ʁə.pu.ʁa/ |
repourrons /ʁə.pu.ʁɔ̃/ |
repourrez /ʁə.pu.ʁe/ |
repourront /ʁə.pu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | repourrais /ʁə.pu.ʁɛ/ |
repourrais /ʁə.pu.ʁɛ/ |
repourrait /ʁə.pu.ʁɛ/ |
repourrions /ʁə.pu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
repourriez /ʁə.pu.ʁje/ |
repourraient /ʁə.pu.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 | repuisse /ʁə.pɥis/ |
repuisses /ʁə.pɥis/ |
repuisse /ʁə.pɥis/ |
repuissions /ʁə.pɥi.sjɔ̃/ |
repuissiez /ʁə.pɥi.sje/ |
repuissent /ʁə.pɥis/ |
| imperfect1 |
repusse /ʁə.pys/ |
repusses /ʁə.pys/ |
repût /ʁə.py/ |
repussions /ʁə.py.sjɔ̃/ |
repussiez /ʁə.py.sje/ |
repussent /ʁə.pys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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