ragaillardir
French
Etymology
ra- + gaillard + -ir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.diʁ/
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Verb
ragaillardir
- (transitive) to cheer up
- 1936, “C'est la guinguette”, in La rue de notre amour, performed by Damia:
- Le bourgogne est une merveille / Il chauffe et ragaillardit / C'est du soleil en bouteille / Même quand on en boit la nuit
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of ragaillardir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ragaillardir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ragaillardissant /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ragaillardi /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ragaillardis /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardis /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardit /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardissons /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɔ̃/ | ragaillardissez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.se/ | ragaillardissent /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ |
imperfect | ragaillardissais /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɛ/ | ragaillardissais /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɛ/ | ragaillardissait /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɛ/ | ragaillardissions /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | ragaillardissiez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sje/ | ragaillardissaient /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ragaillardis /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardis /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardit /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardîmes /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dim/ | ragaillardîtes /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dit/ | ragaillardirent /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.diʁ/ | |
future | ragaillardirai /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁe/ | ragaillardiras /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁa/ | ragaillardira /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁa/ | ragaillardirons /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | ragaillardirez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁe/ | ragaillardiront /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ragaillardirais /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁɛ/ | ragaillardirais /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁɛ/ | ragaillardirait /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁɛ/ | ragaillardirions /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | ragaillardiriez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.ʁje/ | ragaillardiraient /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.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 | ragaillardisse /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ | ragaillardisses /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ | ragaillardisse /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ | ragaillardissions /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | ragaillardissiez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sje/ | ragaillardissent /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ |
imperfect2 | ragaillardisse /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ | ragaillardisses /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ | ragaillardît /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | ragaillardissions /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | ragaillardissiez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sje/ | ragaillardissent /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ragaillardis /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di/ | — | ragaillardissons /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.sɔ̃/ | ragaillardissez /ʁa.ɡa.jaʁ.di.se/ | — | |
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
- “ragaillardir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.