taffer
French
Etymology
taf (“work”, noun) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.fe/
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Verb
taffer
- (colloquial) to work, slog
- Synonyms: charbonner, travailler
Conjugation
Conjugation of taffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | taffer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | taffant /ta.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | taffé /ta.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | taffe /taf/ | taffes /taf/ | taffe /taf/ | taffons /ta.fɔ̃/ | taffez /ta.fe/ | taffent /taf/ |
imperfect | taffais /ta.fɛ/ | taffais /ta.fɛ/ | taffait /ta.fɛ/ | taffions /ta.fjɔ̃/ | taffiez /ta.fje/ | taffaient /ta.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | taffai /ta.fe/ | taffas /ta.fa/ | taffa /ta.fa/ | taffâmes /ta.fam/ | taffâtes /ta.fat/ | taffèrent /ta.fɛʁ/ | |
future | tafferai /ta.fʁe/ | tafferas /ta.fʁa/ | taffera /ta.fʁa/ | tafferons /ta.fʁɔ̃/ | tafferez /ta.fʁe/ | tafferont /ta.fʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tafferais /ta.fʁɛ/ | tafferais /ta.fʁɛ/ | tafferait /ta.fʁɛ/ | tafferions /ta.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tafferiez /ta.fə.ʁje/ | tafferaient /ta.fʁɛ/ | |
(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 | taffe /taf/ | taffes /taf/ | taffe /taf/ | taffions /ta.fjɔ̃/ | taffiez /ta.fje/ | taffent /taf/ |
imperfect2 | taffasse /ta.fas/ | taffasses /ta.fas/ | taffât /ta.fa/ | taffassions /ta.fa.sjɔ̃/ | taffassiez /ta.fa.sje/ | taffassent /ta.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | taffe /taf/ | — | taffons /ta.fɔ̃/ | taffez /ta.fe/ | — | |
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). |
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Adjective
taffer
- comparative degree of taff
Adjective
taffer
- inflection of taff:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural