regagner
French
Etymology
re- + gagner (“to gain”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ɡa.ɲe/
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Verb
regagner
- to regain, to recover (something lost)
- to get back, to win back
- to go back to
Conjugation
Conjugation of regagner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | regagner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | regagnant /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | regagné /ʁə.ɡa.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | regagne /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | regagnes /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | regagne /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | regagnons /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɔ̃/ | regagnez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲe/ | regagnent /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ |
imperfect | regagnais /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɛ/ | regagnais /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɛ/ | regagnait /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɛ/ | regagnions /ʁə.ɡa.ɲjɔ̃/ | regagniez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲje/ | regagnaient /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɛ/ | |
past historic2 | regagnai /ʁə.ɡa.ɲe/ | regagnas /ʁə.ɡa.ɲa/ | regagna /ʁə.ɡa.ɲa/ | regagnâmes /ʁə.ɡa.ɲam/ | regagnâtes /ʁə.ɡa.ɲat/ | regagnèrent /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | regagnerai /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁe/ | regagneras /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁa/ | regagnera /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁa/ | regagnerons /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | regagnerez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁe/ | regagneront /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | regagnerais /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | regagnerais /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | regagnerait /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | regagnerions /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | regagneriez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.ʁje/ | regagneraient /ʁə.ɡa.ɲə.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 | regagne /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | regagnes /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | regagne /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | regagnions /ʁə.ɡa.ɲjɔ̃/ | regagniez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲje/ | regagnent /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ |
imperfect2 | regagnasse /ʁə.ɡa.ɲas/ | regagnasses /ʁə.ɡa.ɲas/ | regagnât /ʁə.ɡa.ɲa/ | regagnassions /ʁə.ɡa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | regagnassiez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲa.sje/ | regagnassent /ʁə.ɡa.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | regagne /ʁə.ɡaɲ/ | — | regagnons /ʁə.ɡa.ɲɔ̃/ | regagnez /ʁə.ɡa.ɲe/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- regagner ses pénates
Further reading
- “regagner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.