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rebrousser
rebrousser
French
Verb
rebrousser
- to brush over
Conjugation
Conjugation of rebrousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rebrousser | avoir rebroussé | |||||
| gerund | en rebroussant | en ayant rebroussé | |||||
| present participle | rebroussant /ʁə.bʁu.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rebroussé /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousses /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebroussons /ʁə.bʁu.sɔ̃/ |
rebroussez /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
rebroussent /ʁə.bʁus/ |
| imperfect | rebroussais /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
rebroussais /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
rebroussait /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
rebroussions /ʁə.bʁu.sjɔ̃/ |
rebroussiez /ʁə.bʁu.sje/ |
rebroussaient /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rebroussai /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
rebroussas /ʁə.bʁu.sa/ |
rebroussa /ʁə.bʁu.sa/ |
rebroussâmes /ʁə.bʁu.sam/ |
rebroussâtes /ʁə.bʁu.sat/ |
rebroussèrent /ʁə.bʁu.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | rebrousserai /ʁə.bʁu.sʁe/ |
rebrousseras /ʁə.bʁu.sʁa/ |
rebroussera /ʁə.bʁu.sʁa/ |
rebrousserons /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɔ̃/ |
rebrousserez /ʁə.bʁu.sʁe/ |
rebrousseront /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rebrousserais /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
rebrousserais /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
rebrousserait /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
rebrousserions /ʁə.bʁu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rebrousseriez /ʁə.bʁu.sə.ʁje/ |
rebrousseraient /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousses /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebroussions /ʁə.bʁu.sjɔ̃/ |
rebroussiez /ʁə.bʁu.sje/ |
rebroussent /ʁə.bʁus/ |
| imperfect1 |
rebroussasse /ʁə.bʁu.sas/ |
rebroussasses /ʁə.bʁu.sas/ |
rebroussât /ʁə.bʁu.sa/ |
rebroussassions /ʁə.bʁu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
rebroussassiez /ʁə.bʁu.sa.sje/ |
rebroussassent /ʁə.bʁu.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
— | rebroussons /ʁə.bʁu.sɔ̃/ |
rebroussez /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
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