repeindre
French
Etymology
re- + peindre.
Pronunciation
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Verb
repeindre
- (transitive) to repaint
- je dois repeindre le mur
- I have to repaint the wall
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.
Conjugation of repeindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | repeindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | repeignant /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | repeint /ʁə.pɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | repeins /ʁə.pɛ̃/ | repeins /ʁə.pɛ̃/ | repeint /ʁə.pɛ̃/ | repeignons /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɔ̃/ | repeignez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲe/ | repeignent /ʁə.pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | repeignais /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/ | repeignais /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/ | repeignait /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/ | repeignions /ʁə.pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲjɔ̃/ | repeigniez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲje/ | repeignaient /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | repeignis /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/ | repeignis /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/ | repeignit /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/ | repeignîmes /ʁə.pɛ.ɲim/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲim/ | repeignîtes /ʁə.pɛ.ɲit/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲit/ | repeignirent /ʁə.pɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | repeindrai /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁe/ | repeindras /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁa/ | repeindra /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁa/ | repeindrons /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | repeindrez /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁe/ | repeindront /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | repeindrais /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | repeindrais /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | repeindrait /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | repeindrions /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | repeindriez /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁi.je/ | repeindraient /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | repeigne /ʁə.pɛɲ/ | repeignes /ʁə.pɛɲ/ | repeigne /ʁə.pɛɲ/ | repeignions /ʁə.pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲjɔ̃/ | repeigniez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲje/ | repeignent /ʁə.pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | repeignisse /ʁə.pɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲis/ | repeignisses /ʁə.pɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲis/ | repeignît /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/ | repeignissions /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ | repeignissiez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi.sje/ | repeignissent /ʁə.pɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | repeins /ʁə.pɛ̃/ | — | repeignons /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɔ̃/ | repeignez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁə.pe.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “repeindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.