raffoler
French
Etymology
From re- + affoler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.fɔ.le/
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Verb
raffoler
- (informal, intransitive) to be mad (about); to be crazy (for) (have a big passion for)
- Il raffole de toi.
- He's crazy about you.
Conjugation
Conjugation of raffoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | raffoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | raffolant /ʁa.fɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raffolé /ʁa.fɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | raffole /ʁa.fɔl/ | raffoles /ʁa.fɔl/ | raffole /ʁa.fɔl/ | raffolons /ʁa.fɔ.lɔ̃/ | raffolez /ʁa.fɔ.le/ | raffolent /ʁa.fɔl/ |
| imperfect | raffolais /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/ | raffolais /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/ | raffolait /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/ | raffolions /ʁa.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ | raffoliez /ʁa.fɔ.lje/ | raffolaient /ʁa.fɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | raffolai /ʁa.fɔ.le/ | raffolas /ʁa.fɔ.la/ | raffola /ʁa.fɔ.la/ | raffolâmes /ʁa.fɔ.lam/ | raffolâtes /ʁa.fɔ.lat/ | raffolèrent /ʁa.fɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | raffolerai /ʁa.fɔl.ʁe/ | raffoleras /ʁa.fɔl.ʁa/ | raffolera /ʁa.fɔl.ʁa/ | raffolerons /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | raffolerez /ʁa.fɔl.ʁe/ | raffoleront /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raffolerais /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɛ/ | raffolerais /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɛ/ | raffolerait /ʁa.fɔl.ʁɛ/ | raffolerions /ʁa.fɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | raffoleriez /ʁa.fɔ.lə.ʁje/ | raffoleraient /ʁa.fɔl.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 | raffole /ʁa.fɔl/ | raffoles /ʁa.fɔl/ | raffole /ʁa.fɔl/ | raffolions /ʁa.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ | raffoliez /ʁa.fɔ.lje/ | raffolent /ʁa.fɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | raffolasse /ʁa.fɔ.las/ | raffolasses /ʁa.fɔ.las/ | raffolât /ʁa.fɔ.la/ | raffolassions /ʁa.fɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ | raffolassiez /ʁa.fɔ.la.sje/ | raffolassent /ʁa.fɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | raffole /ʁa.fɔl/ | — | raffolons /ʁa.fɔ.lɔ̃/ | raffolez /ʁa.fɔ.le/ | — | |
| 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
- “raffoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.