rattraper
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
rattraper
- (transitive) to get back (something which is lost)
- (transitive) to catch up (with) (arrive at the same level as)
- (transitive) to catch (e.g. an elevator)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rattraper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rattraper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rattrapant /ʁa.tʁa.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rattrapé /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapes /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapons /ʁa.tʁa.pɔ̃/ |
rattrapez /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
rattrapent /ʁa.tʁap/ |
| imperfect | rattrapais /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
rattrapais /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
rattrapait /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ |
rattrapions /ʁa.tʁa.pjɔ̃/ |
rattrapiez /ʁa.tʁa.pje/ |
rattrapaient /ʁa.tʁa.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rattrapai /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
rattrapas /ʁa.tʁa.pa/ |
rattrapa /ʁa.tʁa.pa/ |
rattrapâmes /ʁa.tʁa.pam/ |
rattrapâtes /ʁa.tʁa.pat/ |
rattrapèrent /ʁa.tʁa.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | rattraperai /ʁa.tʁa.pʁe/ |
rattraperas /ʁa.tʁa.pʁa/ |
rattrapera /ʁa.tʁa.pʁa/ |
rattraperons /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ |
rattraperez /ʁa.tʁa.pʁe/ |
rattraperont /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rattraperais /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
rattraperais /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
rattraperait /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
rattraperions /ʁa.tʁa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rattraperiez /ʁa.tʁa.pə.ʁje/ |
rattraperaient /ʁa.tʁa.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapes /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
rattrapions /ʁa.tʁa.pjɔ̃/ |
rattrapiez /ʁa.tʁa.pje/ |
rattrapent /ʁa.tʁap/ |
| imperfect2 | rattrapasse /ʁa.tʁa.pas/ |
rattrapasses /ʁa.tʁa.pas/ |
rattrapât /ʁa.tʁa.pa/ |
rattrapassions /ʁa.tʁa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
rattrapassiez /ʁa.tʁa.pa.sje/ |
rattrapassent /ʁa.tʁa.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rattrape /ʁa.tʁap/ |
— | rattrapons /ʁa.tʁa.pɔ̃/ |
rattrapez /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “rattraper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012