tapoter

French

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Verb

tapoter

  1. to tap (strike lightly and repeatedly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tapoter
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
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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