redécouvrir
French
Etymology
re- + découvrir
Pronunciation
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Verb
redécouvrir
- to rediscover
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle redécouvert is irregular.
Conjugation of redécouvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | redécouvrir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | redécouvrant /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | redécouvert /ʁə.de.ku.vɛʁ/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | redécouvre /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | redécouvres /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | redécouvre /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | redécouvrons /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɔ̃/ | redécouvrez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁe/ | redécouvrent /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ |
imperfect | redécouvrais /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɛ/ | redécouvrais /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɛ/ | redécouvrait /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɛ/ | redécouvrions /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | redécouvriez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.je/ | redécouvraient /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | redécouvris /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi/ | redécouvris /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi/ | redécouvrit /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi/ | redécouvrîmes /ʁə.de.ku.vʁim/ | redécouvrîtes /ʁə.de.ku.vʁit/ | redécouvrirent /ʁə.de.ku.vʁiʁ/ | |
future | redécouvrirai /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁe/ | redécouvriras /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁa/ | redécouvrira /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁa/ | redécouvrirons /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | redécouvrirez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁe/ | redécouvriront /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | redécouvrirais /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ | redécouvrirais /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ | redécouvrirait /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ | redécouvririons /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ | redécouvririez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.ʁje/ | redécouvriraient /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.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 | redécouvre /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | redécouvres /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | redécouvre /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | redécouvrions /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | redécouvriez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.je/ | redécouvrent /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ |
imperfect2 | redécouvrisse /ʁə.de.ku.vʁis/ | redécouvrisses /ʁə.de.ku.vʁis/ | redécouvrît /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi/ | redécouvrissions /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ | redécouvrissiez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁi.sje/ | redécouvrissent /ʁə.de.ku.vʁis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | redécouvre /ʁə.de.kuvʁ/ | — | redécouvrons /ʁə.de.ku.vʁɔ̃/ | redécouvrez /ʁə.de.ku.vʁe/ | — | |
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
- “redécouvrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.