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contrebattre
contrebattre
French
Verb
contrebattre
- to counter (especially to fire on enemy artllery positions)
- to get back at, hit back
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *contrebatt and *contrebatts, it has the forms contrebat and contrebats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.
Conjugation of contrebattre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | contrebattre | avoir contrebattu | |||||
| gerund | en contrebattant | en ayant contrebattu | |||||
| present participle | contrebattant /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | contrebattu /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ty/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | contrebats /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba/ |
contrebats /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba/ |
contrebat /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba/ |
contrebattons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɔ̃/ |
contrebattez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.te/ |
contrebattent /kɔ̃.tʁə.bat/ |
| imperfect | contrebattais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɛ/ |
contrebattais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɛ/ |
contrebattait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɛ/ |
contrebattions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
contrebattiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tje/ |
contrebattaient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | contrebattis /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ti/ |
contrebattis /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ti/ |
contrebattit /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ti/ |
contrebattîmes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tim/ |
contrebattîtes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tit/ |
contrebattirent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tiʁ/ |
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| future | contrebattrai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁe/ |
contrebattras /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁa/ |
contrebattra /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁa/ |
contrebattrons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
contrebattrez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁe/ |
contrebattront /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | contrebattrais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁɛ/ |
contrebattrais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁɛ/ |
contrebattrait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁɛ/ |
contrebattrions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
contrebattriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁi.je/ |
contrebattraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | contrebatte /kɔ̃.tʁə.bat/ |
contrebattes /kɔ̃.tʁə.bat/ |
contrebatte /kɔ̃.tʁə.bat/ |
contrebattions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
contrebattiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tje/ |
contrebattent /kɔ̃.tʁə.bat/ |
| imperfect1 |
contrebattisse /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tis/ |
contrebattisses /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tis/ |
contrebattît /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ti/ |
contrebattissions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
contrebattissiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.ti.sje/ |
contrebattissent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | contrebats /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba/ |
— | contrebattons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.tɔ̃/ |
contrebattez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.te/ |
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