taffer

French

Etymology

From taf (“work”, noun) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.fe/

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Verb

taffer

1. (colloquial) to work, slog

   Synonyms: charbonner, travailler

Conjugation

Conjugation of taffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	taffer
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Adjective

taffer

1. comparative degree of taff

Adjective

taffer

1. inflection of taff:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural