réagir
See also: reagir
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.a.ʒiʁ/
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Verb
réagir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of réagir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | réagir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | réagissant /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | réagi /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagit /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagissons /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
réagissez /ʁe.a.ʒi.se/ |
réagissent /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | réagissais /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
réagissais /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
réagissait /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ |
réagissions /ʁe.a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
réagissiez /ʁe.a.ʒi.sje/ |
réagissaient /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagit /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagîmes /ʁe.a.ʒim/ |
réagîtes /ʁe.a.ʒit/ |
réagirent /ʁe.a.ʒiʁ/ | |
| future | réagirai /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁe/ |
réagiras /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁa/ |
réagira /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁa/ |
réagirons /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
réagirez /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁe/ |
réagiront /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | réagirais /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
réagirais /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
réagirait /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
réagirions /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
réagiriez /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁje/ |
réagiraient /ʁe.a.ʒi.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 | réagisse /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
réagisses /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
réagisse /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
réagissions /ʁe.a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
réagissiez /ʁe.a.ʒi.sje/ |
réagissent /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
| imperfect2 | réagisse /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
réagisses /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
réagît /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
réagissions /ʁe.a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
réagissiez /ʁe.a.ʒi.sje/ |
réagissent /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ |
— | réagissons /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
réagissez /ʁe.a.ʒi.se/ |
— | |
| 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
- “réagir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.