ragoter
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/
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Verb
ragoter
- (colloquial, intransitive) to gossip
Conjugation
Conjugation of ragoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ragoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ragotant /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ragoté /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
ragotes /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
ragotons /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ragotez /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/ |
ragotent /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect | ragotais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ragotais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ragotait /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ragotions /ʁa.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ragotiez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ragotaient /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ragotai /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/ |
ragotas /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ragota /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ragotâmes /ʁa.ɡɔ.tam/ |
ragotâtes /ʁa.ɡɔ.tat/ |
ragotèrent /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ragoterai /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ragoteras /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ragotera /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ragoterons /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
ragoterez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ragoteront /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ragoterais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ragoterais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ragoterait /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ragoterions /ʁa.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ragoteriez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
ragoteraient /ʁa.ɡɔ.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 | ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
ragotes /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
ragotions /ʁa.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ragotiez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ragotent /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | ragotasse /ʁa.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ragotasses /ʁa.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ragotât /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ragotassions /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ragotassiez /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta.sje/ |
ragotassent /ʁa.ɡɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/ |
— | ragotons /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ragotez /ʁa.ɡɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “ragoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.