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repasser
repasser
French
Verb
repasser
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.
- il m'a passé ses affaires
- he passed me his things
- je suis passé par la poste ce matin
- I went by the post office this morning
Conjugation
Conjugation of repasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | repasser | être repassé | |||||
| gerund | en repassant | en étant repassé | |||||
| present participle | repassant /ʁə.pa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | repassé /ʁə.pa.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 | repasse /ʁə.pas/ |
repasses /ʁə.pas/ |
repasse /ʁə.pas/ |
repassons /ʁə.pa.sɔ̃/ |
repassez /ʁə.pa.se/ |
repassent /ʁə.pas/ |
| imperfect | repassais /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ |
repassais /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ |
repassait /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ |
repassions /ʁə.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
repassiez /ʁə.pa.sje/ |
repassaient /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | repassai /ʁə.pa.se/ |
repassas /ʁə.pa.sa/ |
repassa /ʁə.pa.sa/ |
repassâmes /ʁə.pa.sam/ |
repassâtes /ʁə.pa.sat/ |
repassèrent /ʁə.pa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | repasserai /ʁə.pa.sʁe/ |
repasseras /ʁə.pa.sʁa/ |
repassera /ʁə.pa.sʁa/ |
repasserons /ʁə.pa.sʁɔ̃/ |
repasserez /ʁə.pa.sʁe/ |
repasseront /ʁə.pa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | repasserais /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ |
repasserais /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ |
repasserait /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ |
repasserions /ʁə.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
repasseriez /ʁə.pa.sə.ʁje/ |
repasseraient /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | repasse /ʁə.pas/ |
repasses /ʁə.pas/ |
repasse /ʁə.pas/ |
repassions /ʁə.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
repassiez /ʁə.pa.sje/ |
repassent /ʁə.pas/ |
| imperfect1 |
repassasse /ʁə.pa.sas/ |
repassasses /ʁə.pa.sas/ |
repassât /ʁə.pa.sa/ |
repassassions /ʁə.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
repassassiez /ʁə.pa.sa.sje/ |
repassassent /ʁə.pa.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | repasse /ʁə.pas/ |
— | repassons /ʁə.pa.sɔ̃/ |
repassez /ʁə.pa.se/ |
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Anagrams
Old French
Verb
repasser
- to retraverse (to traverse again)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of repasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | repasser | avoir repassé | |||||
| gerund | en repassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | repassant | ||||||
| past participle | repassé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | repas | repasses | repasse | repassons | repassez | repassent |
| imperfect | repassoie, repasseie, repassoe, repasseve | repassoies, repasseies, repassoes, repasseves | repassoit, repasseit, repassot, repasseve | repassiiens, repassiens | repassiiez, repassiez | repassoient, repasseient, repassoent, repassevent | |
| preterite | repassai | repassas | repassa | repassames | repassastes | repasserent | |
| future | repasserai | repasseras | repassera | repasserons | repasseroiz, repassereiz, repasserez | repasseront | |
| conditional | repasseroie, repassereie | repasseroies, repassereies | repasseroit, repassereit | repasseriiens, repasseriens | repasseriiez, repasseriez | repasseroient, repassereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | repas | repas | repast | repassons | repassez | repassent |
| imperfect | repassasse | repassasses | repassast | repassissons, repassissiens | repassissoiz, repassissez, repassissiez | repassassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | repasse | — | repassons | repassez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (repasser, supplement)