rattraper
French
Etymology
re- + attraper
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.tʁa.pe/
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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 | |||||
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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
- attraper
- pas un pour rattraper l'autre
- rattrapage
- rattraper le temps perdu
Further reading
- “rattraper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.