retâter
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
retâter
- (transitive) to grope again
- (transitive-indirect; built with de) to try again (something)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of retâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | retâter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | retâtant /ʁə.ta.tɑ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retâté /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtes /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtons /ʁə.ta.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɔ̃/ |
retâtez /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
retâtent /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
| imperfect | retâtais /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
retâtais /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
retâtait /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ |
retâtions /ʁə.ta.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
retâtiez /ʁə.ta.tje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tje/ |
retâtaient /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | retâtai /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
retâtas /ʁə.ta.ta/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta/ |
retâta /ʁə.ta.ta/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta/ |
retâtâmes /ʁə.ta.tam/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tam/ |
retâtâtes /ʁə.ta.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tat/ |
retâtèrent /ʁə.ta.tɛʁ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | retâterai /ʁə.ta.tʁe/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁe/ |
retâteras /ʁə.ta.tʁa/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁa/ |
retâtera /ʁə.ta.tʁa/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁa/ |
retâterons /ʁə.ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
retâterez /ʁə.ta.tʁe/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁe/ |
retâteront /ʁə.ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | retâterais /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
retâterais /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
retâterait /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
retâterions /ʁə.ta.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retâteriez /ʁə.ta.tə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
retâteraient /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtes /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
retâtions /ʁə.ta.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
retâtiez /ʁə.ta.tje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tje/ |
retâtent /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
| imperfect2 | retâtasse /ʁə.ta.tas/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tas/ |
retâtasses /ʁə.ta.tas/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tas/ |
retâtât /ʁə.ta.ta/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta/ |
retâtassions /ʁə.ta.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
retâtassiez /ʁə.ta.ta.sje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta.sje/ |
retâtassent /ʁə.ta.tas/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/ |
— | retâtons /ʁə.ta.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɔ̃/ |
retâtez /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||