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tapoter
tapoter
French
Verb
tapoter
- to tap (strike lightly and repeatedly)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tapoter | avoir tapoté | |||||
| gerund | en tapotant | en ayant tapoté | |||||
| present participle | tapotant /ta.pɔ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tapoté /ta.pɔ.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 | tapote /ta.pɔt/ |
tapotes /ta.pɔt/ |
tapote /ta.pɔt/ |
tapotons /ta.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
tapotez /ta.pɔ.te/ |
tapotent /ta.pɔt/ |
| imperfect | tapotais /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ |
tapotais /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ |
tapotait /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ |
tapotions /ta.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
tapotiez /ta.pɔ.tje/ |
tapotaient /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tapotai /ta.pɔ.te/ |
tapotas /ta.pɔ.ta/ |
tapota /ta.pɔ.ta/ |
tapotâmes /ta.pɔ.tam/ |
tapotâtes /ta.pɔ.tat/ |
tapotèrent /ta.pɔ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | tapoterai /ta.pɔ.tʁe/ |
tapoteras /ta.pɔ.tʁa/ |
tapotera /ta.pɔ.tʁa/ |
tapoterons /ta.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
tapoterez /ta.pɔ.tʁe/ |
tapoteront /ta.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tapoterais /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
tapoterais /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
tapoterait /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
tapoterions /ta.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tapoteriez /ta.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
tapoteraient /ta.pɔ.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 | tapote /ta.pɔt/ |
tapotes /ta.pɔt/ |
tapote /ta.pɔt/ |
tapotions /ta.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
tapotiez /ta.pɔ.tje/ |
tapotent /ta.pɔt/ |
| imperfect1 |
tapotasse /ta.pɔ.tas/ |
tapotasses /ta.pɔ.tas/ |
tapotât /ta.pɔ.ta/ |
tapotassions /ta.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
tapotassiez /ta.pɔ.ta.sje/ |
tapotassent /ta.pɔ.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 | – | |
| — | tapote /ta.pɔt/ |
— | tapotons /ta.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
tapotez /ta.pɔ.te/ |
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