trifouiller

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁi.fu.je/
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Verb

trifouiller

  1. (colloquial) to tamper (with), tinker
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) to rummage, rummage around (+dans = in)
  3. (colloquial, intransitive) to dabble
    il trifouille dans l’art. ― he dabbles in art.

Conjugation
Conjugation of trifouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trifouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trifouillant
/tʁi.fu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trifouillé
/tʁi.fu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present trifouille
/tʁi.fuj/		 trifouilles
/tʁi.fuj/		 trifouille
/tʁi.fuj/		 trifouillons
/tʁi.fu.jɔ̃/		 trifouillez
/tʁi.fu.je/		 trifouillent
/tʁi.fuj/
imperfect trifouillais
/tʁi.fu.jɛ/		 trifouillais
/tʁi.fu.jɛ/		 trifouillait
/tʁi.fu.jɛ/		 trifouillions
/tʁi.fuj.jɔ̃/		 trifouilliez
/tʁi.fuj.je/		 trifouillaient
/tʁi.fu.jɛ/
past historic2 trifouillai
/tʁi.fu.je/		 trifouillas
/tʁi.fu.ja/		 trifouilla
/tʁi.fu.ja/		 trifouillâmes
/tʁi.fu.jam/		 trifouillâtes
/tʁi.fu.jat/		 trifouillèrent
/tʁi.fu.jɛʁ/
future trifouillerai
/tʁi.fuj.ʁe/		 trifouilleras
/tʁi.fuj.ʁa/		 trifouillera
/tʁi.fuj.ʁa/		 trifouillerons
/tʁi.fuj.ʁɔ̃/		 trifouillerez
/tʁi.fuj.ʁe/		 trifouilleront
/tʁi.fuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trifouillerais
/tʁi.fuj.ʁɛ/		 trifouillerais
/tʁi.fuj.ʁɛ/		 trifouillerait
/tʁi.fuj.ʁɛ/		 trifouillerions
/tʁi.fu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 trifouilleriez
/tʁi.fu.jə.ʁje/		 trifouilleraient
/tʁi.fuj.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 trifouille
/tʁi.fuj/		 trifouilles
/tʁi.fuj/		 trifouille
/tʁi.fuj/		 trifouillions
/tʁi.fuj.jɔ̃/		 trifouilliez
/tʁi.fuj.je/		 trifouillent
/tʁi.fuj/
imperfect2 trifouillasse
/tʁi.fu.jas/		 trifouillasses
/tʁi.fu.jas/		 trifouillât
/tʁi.fu.ja/		 trifouillassions
/tʁi.fu.ja.sjɔ̃/		 trifouillassiez
/tʁi.fu.ja.sje/		 trifouillassent
/tʁi.fu.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trifouille
/tʁi.fuj/		 — trifouillons
/tʁi.fu.jɔ̃/		 trifouillez
/tʁi.fu.je/		 —
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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