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ressasser
ressasser
French
Verb
ressasser
- (dated) to sieve again
- Il faut ressasser la farine. ― You have to sieve the flour again.
- (figuratively) to think constantly about the same things
- 1913, Marcel Proust, Swann
- Pendant ce mois où je ressassai comme une mélodie, sans pouvoir m'en rassasier, ces images de Florence, de Venise et de Pise (...) je ne cessai pas de croire qu'elles correspondaient à une réalité indépendante de moi.
- 1913, Marcel Proust, Swann
- (figuratively) to repeat oneself
- 1958, Jean Rogissart, Passantes d’Octobre, Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris
- Par avance, il sait ce qu'il trouvera d'imparfait, de médiocre, de mal, d'immuable, en dépit des conseils, des admonestations ou reproches qu'il prodigue et ressasse à chaque inspection.
- 1958, Jean Rogissart, Passantes d’Octobre, Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris
Conjugation
Conjugation of ressasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | ressasser | avoir ressassé | |||||
gerund | en ressassant | en ayant ressassé | |||||
present participle | ressassant /ʁə.sa.sɑ̃/ |
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past participle | ressassé /ʁə.sa.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 | ressasse /ʁə.sas/ |
ressasses /ʁə.sas/ |
ressasse /ʁə.sas/ |
ressassons /ʁə.sa.sɔ̃/ |
ressassez /ʁə.sa.se/ |
ressassent /ʁə.sas/ |
imperfect | ressassais /ʁə.sa.sɛ/ |
ressassais /ʁə.sa.sɛ/ |
ressassait /ʁə.sa.sɛ/ |
ressassions /ʁə.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
ressassiez /ʁə.sa.sje/ |
ressassaient /ʁə.sa.sɛ/ |
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past historic1 | ressassai /ʁə.sa.se/ |
ressassas /ʁə.sa.sa/ |
ressassa /ʁə.sa.sa/ |
ressassâmes /ʁə.sa.sam/ |
ressassâtes /ʁə.sa.sat/ |
ressassèrent /ʁə.sa.sɛʁ/ |
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future | ressasserai /ʁə.sa.sʁe/ |
ressasseras /ʁə.sa.sʁa/ |
ressassera /ʁə.sa.sʁa/ |
ressasserons /ʁə.sa.sʁɔ̃/ |
ressasserez /ʁə.sa.sʁe/ |
ressasseront /ʁə.sa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | ressasserais /ʁə.sa.sʁɛ/ |
ressasserais /ʁə.sa.sʁɛ/ |
ressasserait /ʁə.sa.sʁɛ/ |
ressasserions /ʁə.sa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ressasseriez /ʁə.sa.sə.ʁje/ |
ressasseraient /ʁə.sa.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 | ressasse /ʁə.sas/ |
ressasses /ʁə.sas/ |
ressasse /ʁə.sas/ |
ressassions /ʁə.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
ressassiez /ʁə.sa.sje/ |
ressassent /ʁə.sas/ |
imperfect1 |
ressassasse /ʁə.sa.sas/ |
ressassasses /ʁə.sa.sas/ |
ressassât /ʁə.sa.sa/ |
ressassassions /ʁə.sa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
ressassassiez /ʁə.sa.sa.sje/ |
ressassassent /ʁə.sa.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 | – | |
— | ressasse /ʁə.sas/ |
— | ressassons /ʁə.sa.sɔ̃/ |
ressassez /ʁə.sa.se/ |
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1literary tenses |