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raffermir
raffermir
French
Verb
raffermir
- (transitive) to strengthen
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of raffermir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | raffermir | avoir raffermi | |||||
| gerund | en raffermissant | en ayant raffermi | |||||
| present participle | raffermissant /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | raffermi /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | raffermis /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermis /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermit /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermissons /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
raffermissez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.se/ |
raffermissent /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
| imperfect | raffermissais /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
raffermissais /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
raffermissait /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
raffermissions /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
raffermissiez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sje/ |
raffermissaient /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | raffermis /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermis /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermit /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermîmes /ʁa.fɛʁ.mim/ |
raffermîtes /ʁa.fɛʁ.mit/ |
raffermirent /ʁa.fɛʁ.miʁ/ |
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| future | raffermirai /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁe/ |
raffermiras /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁa/ |
raffermira /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁa/ |
raffermirons /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
raffermirez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁe/ |
raffermiront /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | raffermirais /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
raffermirais /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
raffermirait /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
raffermirions /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raffermiriez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁje/ |
raffermiraient /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | raffermisse /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
raffermisses /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
raffermisse /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
raffermissions /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
raffermissiez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sje/ |
raffermissent /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
| imperfect1 |
raffermisse /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
raffermisses /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
raffermît /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
raffermissions /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
raffermissiez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sje/ |
raffermissent /ʁa.fɛʁ.mis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | raffermis /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi/ |
— | raffermissons /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
raffermissez /ʁa.fɛʁ.mi.se/ |
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