rabâcher
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ba.ʃe/, /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
rabâcher
- to harp on (about)
- to go back on one's word; fail to keep a promise
Conjugation
Conjugation of rabâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rabâcher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rabâchant /ʁa.ba.ʃɑ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rabâché /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | rabâches /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | rabâchons /ʁa.ba.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɔ̃/ | rabâchez /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ | rabâchent /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
imperfect | rabâchais /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ | rabâchais /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ | rabâchait /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ | rabâchions /ʁa.ba.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ | rabâchiez /ʁa.ba.ʃje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃje/ | rabâchaient /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rabâchai /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ | rabâchas /ʁa.ba.ʃa/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ | rabâcha /ʁa.ba.ʃa/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ | rabâchâmes /ʁa.ba.ʃam/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃam/ | rabâchâtes /ʁa.ba.ʃat/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃat/ | rabâchèrent /ʁa.ba.ʃɛʁ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | rabâcherai /ʁa.baʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁe/ | rabâcheras /ʁa.baʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁa/ | rabâchera /ʁa.baʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁa/ | rabâcherons /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | rabâcherez /ʁa.baʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁe/ | rabâcheront /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rabâcherais /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | rabâcherais /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | rabâcherait /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | rabâcherions /ʁa.ba.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rabâcheriez /ʁa.ba.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ | rabâcheraient /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.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 | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | rabâches /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | rabâchions /ʁa.ba.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ | rabâchiez /ʁa.ba.ʃje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃje/ | rabâchent /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
imperfect2 | rabâchasse /ʁa.ba.ʃas/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ | rabâchasses /ʁa.ba.ʃas/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ | rabâchât /ʁa.ba.ʃa/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ | rabâchassions /ʁa.ba.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | rabâchassiez /ʁa.ba.ʃa.sje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa.sje/ | rabâchassent /ʁa.ba.ʃas/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ | — | rabâchons /ʁa.ba.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɔ̃/ | rabâchez /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ | — | |
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
- “rabâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.