repenser
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
repenser
- to rethink, to reconsider
Conjugation
Conjugation of repenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | repenser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | repensant /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | repensé /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
repenses /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
repensons /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
repensez /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/ |
repensent /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | repensais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
repensais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
repensait /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
repensions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
repensiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sje/ |
repensaient /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | repensai /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/ |
repensas /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa/ |
repensa /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa/ |
repensâmes /ʁə.pɑ̃.sam/ |
repensâtes /ʁə.pɑ̃.sat/ |
repensèrent /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | repenserai /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
repenseras /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
repensera /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
repenserons /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
repenserez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
repenseront /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | repenserais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
repenserais /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
repenserait /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
repenserions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
repenseriez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
repenseraient /ʁə.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
repenses /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
repensions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
repensiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sje/ |
repensent /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | repensasse /ʁə.pɑ̃.sas/ |
repensasses /ʁə.pɑ̃.sas/ |
repensât /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa/ |
repensassions /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
repensassiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
repensassent /ʁə.pɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | repense /ʁə.pɑ̃s/ |
— | repensons /ʁə.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
repensez /ʁə.pɑ̃.se/ |
— | |
| 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
- “repenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.