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gratter
gratter
French
Verb
gratter
Conjugation
Conjugation of gratter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gratter | avoir gratté | |||||
| gerund | en grattant | en ayant gratté | |||||
| present participle | grattant /ɡʁa.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gratté /ɡʁa.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gratte /ɡʁat/ |
grattes /ɡʁat/ |
gratte /ɡʁat/ |
grattons /ɡʁa.tɔ̃/ |
grattez /ɡʁa.te/ |
grattent /ɡʁat/ |
| imperfect | grattais /ɡʁa.tɛ/ |
grattais /ɡʁa.tɛ/ |
grattait /ɡʁa.tɛ/ |
grattions /ɡʁa.tjɔ̃/ |
grattiez /ɡʁa.tje/ |
grattaient /ɡʁa.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grattai /ɡʁa.te/ |
grattas /ɡʁa.ta/ |
gratta /ɡʁa.ta/ |
grattâmes /ɡʁa.tam/ |
grattâtes /ɡʁa.tat/ |
grattèrent /ɡʁa.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | gratterai /ɡʁa.tʁe/ |
gratteras /ɡʁa.tʁa/ |
grattera /ɡʁa.tʁa/ |
gratterons /ɡʁa.tʁɔ̃/ |
gratterez /ɡʁa.tʁe/ |
gratteront /ɡʁa.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gratterais /ɡʁa.tʁɛ/ |
gratterais /ɡʁa.tʁɛ/ |
gratterait /ɡʁa.tʁɛ/ |
gratterions /ɡʁa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gratteriez /ɡʁa.tə.ʁje/ |
gratteraient /ɡʁa.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | gratte /ɡʁat/ |
grattes /ɡʁat/ |
gratte /ɡʁat/ |
grattions /ɡʁa.tjɔ̃/ |
grattiez /ɡʁa.tje/ |
grattent /ɡʁat/ |
| imperfect1 |
grattasse /ɡʁa.tas/ |
grattasses /ɡʁa.tas/ |
grattât /ɡʁa.ta/ |
grattassions /ɡʁa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
grattassiez /ɡʁa.ta.sje/ |
grattassent /ɡʁa.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | gratte /ɡʁat/ |
— | grattons /ɡʁa.tɔ̃/ |
grattez /ɡʁa.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French grater (whence also French gratter, English grate (verb)), a borrowing from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną.
Verb
gratter