taffer
French
Etymology
From taf (“work”, noun) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.fe/
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Verb
taffer
- (colloquial) to work, slog
- Synonyms: charbonner, travailler
Conjugation
Conjugation of taffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | taffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | taffant /ta.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | taffé /ta.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | taffe /taf/ |
taffes /taf/ |
taffe /taf/ |
taffons /ta.fɔ̃/ |
taffez /ta.fe/ |
taffent /taf/ |
| imperfect | taffais /ta.fɛ/ |
taffais /ta.fɛ/ |
taffait /ta.fɛ/ |
taffions /ta.fjɔ̃/ |
taffiez /ta.fje/ |
taffaient /ta.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | taffai /ta.fe/ |
taffas /ta.fa/ |
taffa /ta.fa/ |
taffâmes /ta.fam/ |
taffâtes /ta.fat/ |
taffèrent /ta.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | tafferai /ta.fʁe/ |
tafferas /ta.fʁa/ |
taffera /ta.fʁa/ |
tafferons /ta.fʁɔ̃/ |
tafferez /ta.fʁe/ |
tafferont /ta.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tafferais /ta.fʁɛ/ |
tafferais /ta.fʁɛ/ |
tafferait /ta.fʁɛ/ |
tafferions /ta.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tafferiez /ta.fə.ʁje/ |
tafferaient /ta.fʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | taffe /taf/ |
taffes /taf/ |
taffe /taf/ |
taffions /ta.fjɔ̃/ |
taffiez /ta.fje/ |
taffent /taf/ |
| imperfect2 | taffasse /ta.fas/ |
taffasses /ta.fas/ |
taffât /ta.fa/ |
taffassions /ta.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
taffassiez /ta.fa.sje/ |
taffassent /ta.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | taffe /taf/ |
— | taffons /ta.fɔ̃/ |
taffez /ta.fe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
taffer
- comparative degree of taff
Adjective
taffer
- inflection of taff:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural