repenser

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

repenser

1. to rethink, to reconsider

Conjugation

Conjugation of repenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	repenser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	repensant /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		repensé /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	repenses /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	repensons /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/	repensez /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/	repensent /ʁə.pɑ̃s/
	imperfect	repensais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/	repensais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/	repensait /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/	repensions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	repensiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sje/	repensaient /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	repensai /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/	repensas /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa/	repensa /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa/	repensâmes /ʁə.pɑ̃.sam/	repensâtes /ʁə.pɑ̃.sat/	repensèrent /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	repenserai /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁe/	repenseras /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁa/	repensera /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁa/	repenserons /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	repenserez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁe/	repenseront /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	repenserais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/	repenserais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/	repenserait /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/	repenserions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	repenseriez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	repenseraient /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	repenses /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	repensions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	repensiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sje/	repensent /ʁə.pɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	repensasse /ʁə.pɑ̃.sas/	repensasses /ʁə.pɑ̃.sas/	repensât /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa/	repensassions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	repensassiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa.sje/	repensassent /ʁə.pɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/	—	repensons /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/	repensez /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “repenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.