farfouiller
French
Etymology
far- + fouiller
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faʁ.fu.je/
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Verb
farfouiller
- (intransitive) to rummage around
Conjugation
Conjugation of farfouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | farfouiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | farfouillant /faʁ.fu.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | farfouillé /faʁ.fu.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | farfouille /faʁ.fuj/ | farfouilles /faʁ.fuj/ | farfouille /faʁ.fuj/ | farfouillons /faʁ.fu.jɔ̃/ | farfouillez /faʁ.fu.je/ | farfouillent /faʁ.fuj/ |
imperfect | farfouillais /faʁ.fu.jɛ/ | farfouillais /faʁ.fu.jɛ/ | farfouillait /faʁ.fu.jɛ/ | farfouillions /faʁ.fuj.jɔ̃/ | farfouilliez /faʁ.fuj.je/ | farfouillaient /faʁ.fu.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | farfouillai /faʁ.fu.je/ | farfouillas /faʁ.fu.ja/ | farfouilla /faʁ.fu.ja/ | farfouillâmes /faʁ.fu.jam/ | farfouillâtes /faʁ.fu.jat/ | farfouillèrent /faʁ.fu.jɛʁ/ | |
future | farfouillerai /faʁ.fuj.ʁe/ | farfouilleras /faʁ.fuj.ʁa/ | farfouillera /faʁ.fuj.ʁa/ | farfouillerons /faʁ.fuj.ʁɔ̃/ | farfouillerez /faʁ.fuj.ʁe/ | farfouilleront /faʁ.fuj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | farfouillerais /faʁ.fuj.ʁɛ/ | farfouillerais /faʁ.fuj.ʁɛ/ | farfouillerait /faʁ.fuj.ʁɛ/ | farfouillerions /faʁ.fu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | farfouilleriez /faʁ.fu.jə.ʁje/ | farfouilleraient /faʁ.fuj.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | farfouille /faʁ.fuj/ | farfouilles /faʁ.fuj/ | farfouille /faʁ.fuj/ | farfouillions /faʁ.fuj.jɔ̃/ | farfouilliez /faʁ.fuj.je/ | farfouillent /faʁ.fuj/ |
imperfect2 | farfouillasse /faʁ.fu.jas/ | farfouillasses /faʁ.fu.jas/ | farfouillât /faʁ.fu.ja/ | farfouillassions /faʁ.fu.ja.sjɔ̃/ | farfouillassiez /faʁ.fu.ja.sje/ | farfouillassent /faʁ.fu.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | farfouille /faʁ.fuj/ | — | farfouillons /faʁ.fu.jɔ̃/ | farfouillez /faʁ.fu.je/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “farfouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.