refaire
French
Pronunciation
Verb
refaire
- to redo
- to remake, to make more of
- (reflexive, se refaire) to get reaccustomed to
- (reflexive, se refaire) to freshen up, to recuperate
Conjugation
Conjugation of refaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | refaire | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | refaisant /ʁə.f(ə).zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | refait /ʁə.fɛ/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | refais /ʁə.fɛ/ |
refais /ʁə.fɛ/ |
refait /ʁə.fɛ/ |
refaisons /ʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/ |
refaites /ʁə.fɛt/ |
refont /ʁə.fɔ̃/ |
imperfect | refaisais /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ |
refaisais /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ |
refaisait /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ |
refaisions /ʁə.fə.zjɔ̃/ |
refaisiez /ʁə.fə.zje/ |
refaisaient /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | refis /ʁə.fi/ |
refis /ʁə.fi/ |
refit /ʁə.fi/ |
refîmes /ʁə.fim/ |
refîtes /ʁə.fit/ |
refirent /ʁə.fiʁ/ | |
future | referai /ʁə.f(ə).ʁe/ |
referas /ʁə.f(ə).ʁa/ |
refera /ʁə.f(ə).ʁa/ |
referons /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/ |
referez /ʁə.f(ə).ʁe/ |
referont /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | referais /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ |
referais /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ |
referait /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ |
referions /ʁə.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
referiez /ʁə.fə.ʁje/ |
referaient /ʁə.f(ə).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 | refasse /ʁə.fas/ |
refasses /ʁə.fas/ |
refasse /ʁə.fas/ |
refassions /ʁə.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
refassiez /ʁə.fa.sje/ |
refassent /ʁə.fas/ |
imperfect2 | refisse /ʁə.fis/ |
refisses /ʁə.fis/ |
refît /ʁə.fi/ |
refissions /ʁə.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
refissiez /ʁə.fi.sje/ |
refissent /ʁə.fis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | refais /ʁə.fɛ/ |
— | refaisons /ʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/ |
refaites /ʁə.fɛt/ |
— | |
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). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “refaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
refaire
- to redo; to do again
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of refaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | refaire | avoir refait | |||||
gerund | en refaisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | refaisant | ||||||
past participle | refait | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | refaz, refai | refais | refait | refaimes, refaisons | refaites | refont |
imperfect | refaisoie, refaiseie | refaisoies, refaiseies | refaisoit, refaiseit | refaisiiens, refaisiens | refaisiiez, refaisiez | refaisoient, refaiseient | |
preterite | refis | refeṣis | refist | refeṣimes | refeṣistes | refirent | |
future | referai | referas | refera | referons | referoiz, refereiz, referez | referont | |
conditional | referoie, refereie | referoies, refereies | referoit, refereit | referiiens, referiens | referiiez, referiez | referoient, refereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | reface | refaces | reface | refaciens, refaçons | refaciez | refacent |
imperfect | refeṣisse | refeṣisses | refeṣist | refeṣissons, refeṣissiens | refeṣissoiz, refeṣissez, refeṣissiez | refeṣissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | refa | — | refaimes, refaisons | refaites | — |
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