re-être
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Usage notes edit
Rarely used, expressions like être de nouveau are more common.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of re-être (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | re-être | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | re-étant /ʁə.e.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | re-été /ʁə.e.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | re-suis /ʁə.sɥi/ |
re-es /ʁə.ɛ/ |
re-est /ʁə.ɛ/ |
re-sommes /ʁə.sɔm/ |
re-êtes /ʁə.ɛt/ |
re-sont /ʁə.sɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | re-étais /ʁə.e.tɛ/ |
re-étais /ʁə.e.tɛ/ |
re-était /ʁə.e.tɛ/ |
re-étions /ʁə.e.tjɔ̃/ |
re-étiez /ʁə.e.tje/ |
re-étaient /ʁə.e.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | re-fus /ʁə.fy/ |
re-fus /ʁə.fy/ |
re-fut /ʁə.fy/ |
re-fûmes /ʁə.fym/ |
re-fûtes /ʁə.fyt/ |
re-furent /ʁə.fyʁ/ | |
| future | re-serai /ʁə.s(ə).ʁe/ |
re-seras /ʁə.s(ə).ʁa/ |
re-sera /ʁə.s(ə).ʁa/ |
re-serons /ʁə.s(ə).ʁɔ̃/ |
re-serez /ʁə.s(ə).ʁe/ |
re-seront /ʁə.s(ə).ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | re-serais /ʁə.s(ə).ʁɛ/ |
re-serais /ʁə.s(ə).ʁɛ/ |
re-serait /ʁə.s(ə).ʁɛ/ |
re-serions /ʁə.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
re-seriez /ʁə.sə.ʁje/ |
re-seraient /ʁə.s(ə).ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | re-sois /ʁə.swa/ |
re-sois /ʁə.swa/ |
re-soit /ʁə.swa/ |
re-soyons /ʁə.swa.jɔ̃/ |
re-soyez /ʁə.swa.je/ |
re-soient /ʁə.swa/ |
| imperfect2 | re-fusse /ʁə.fys/ |
re-fusses /ʁə.fys/ |
re-fût /ʁə.fy/ |
re-fussions /ʁə.fy.sjɔ̃/ |
re-fussiez /ʁə.fy.sje/ |
re-fussent /ʁə.fys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | re-sois /ʁə.swa/ |
— | re-soyons /ʁə.swa.jɔ̃/ |
re-soyez /ʁə.swa.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||