riposter
French
Etymology
From riposte + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.pɔs.te/
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Verb
riposter
- to retort
- (fencing) to ripost
Conjugation
Conjugation of riposter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | riposter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ripostant /ʁi.pɔs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | riposté /ʁi.pɔs.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | riposte /ʁi.pɔst/ | ripostes /ʁi.pɔst/ | riposte /ʁi.pɔst/ | ripostons /ʁi.pɔs.tɔ̃/ | ripostez /ʁi.pɔs.te/ | ripostent /ʁi.pɔst/ |
imperfect | ripostais /ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ | ripostais /ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ | ripostait /ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ | ripostions /ʁi.pɔs.tjɔ̃/ | ripostiez /ʁi.pɔs.tje/ | ripostaient /ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ripostai /ʁi.pɔs.te/ | ripostas /ʁi.pɔs.ta/ | riposta /ʁi.pɔs.ta/ | ripostâmes /ʁi.pɔs.tam/ | ripostâtes /ʁi.pɔs.tat/ | ripostèrent /ʁi.pɔs.tɛʁ/ | |
future | riposterai /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁe/ | riposteras /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁa/ | ripostera /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁa/ | riposterons /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | riposterez /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁe/ | riposteront /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | riposterais /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | riposterais /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | riposterait /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | riposterions /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | riposteriez /ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁje/ | riposteraient /ʁi.pɔs.tə.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 | riposte /ʁi.pɔst/ | ripostes /ʁi.pɔst/ | riposte /ʁi.pɔst/ | ripostions /ʁi.pɔs.tjɔ̃/ | ripostiez /ʁi.pɔs.tje/ | ripostent /ʁi.pɔst/ |
imperfect2 | ripostasse /ʁi.pɔs.tas/ | ripostasses /ʁi.pɔs.tas/ | ripostât /ʁi.pɔs.ta/ | ripostassions /ʁi.pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | ripostassiez /ʁi.pɔs.ta.sje/ | ripostassent /ʁi.pɔs.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | riposte /ʁi.pɔst/ | — | ripostons /ʁi.pɔs.tɔ̃/ | ripostez /ʁi.pɔs.te/ | — | |
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
- “riposter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.