tapoter
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
tapoter
- to tap (strike lightly and repeatedly)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tapoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tapotant /ta.pɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tapoté /ta.pɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | tapote /ta.pɔt/ | tapotes /ta.pɔt/ | tapote /ta.pɔt/ | tapotons /ta.pɔ.tɔ̃/ | tapotez /ta.pɔ.te/ | tapotent /ta.pɔt/ |
imperfect | tapotais /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ | tapotais /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ | tapotait /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ | tapotions /ta.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ | tapotiez /ta.pɔ.tje/ | tapotaient /ta.pɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tapotai /ta.pɔ.te/ | tapotas /ta.pɔ.ta/ | tapota /ta.pɔ.ta/ | tapotâmes /ta.pɔ.tam/ | tapotâtes /ta.pɔ.tat/ | tapotèrent /ta.pɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | tapoterai /ta.pɔ.tʁe/ | tapoteras /ta.pɔ.tʁa/ | tapotera /ta.pɔ.tʁa/ | tapoterons /ta.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | tapoterez /ta.pɔ.tʁe/ | tapoteront /ta.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tapoterais /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | tapoterais /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | tapoterait /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | tapoterions /ta.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tapoteriez /ta.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ | tapoteraient /ta.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | tapote /ta.pɔt/ | tapotes /ta.pɔt/ | tapote /ta.pɔt/ | tapotions /ta.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ | tapotiez /ta.pɔ.tje/ | tapotent /ta.pɔt/ |
imperfect2 | tapotasse /ta.pɔ.tas/ | tapotasses /ta.pɔ.tas/ | tapotât /ta.pɔ.ta/ | tapotassions /ta.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | tapotassiez /ta.pɔ.ta.sje/ | tapotassent /ta.pɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tapote /ta.pɔt/ | — | tapotons /ta.pɔ.tɔ̃/ | tapotez /ta.pɔ.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
- “tapoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.