All verbs

/ʁəpase/to ironA2

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object · no object — With an object it irons something; with none, it means to come back

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
repassons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

repass-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

repass-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

repass-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

repass-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

repass-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
repasser
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

repasser-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

repasser-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

repasser

Past participle
repassé

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

repassé

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

repassé

Conjugation

présent
Ije repasse/ʒə ʁəpas/I iron
youtu repasses/ty ʁəpas/you iron
he/sheil repasse/il ʁəpas/he irons
wenous repassons/nu ʁəpasɔ̃/we iron
youvous repassez/vu ʁəpase/you iron
theyils repassent/il ʁəpas/they iron

Examples

  • Je repasse les chemises.

    /ʒə ʁə.pas le ʃə.miz/

    I iron the shirts.

  • Je repasse demain.

    /ʒə ʁə.pas də.mɛ̃/

    I'll come back tomorrow.

  • Elle a repassé les vêtements.

    /ɛl a ʁə.pa.se le vɛt.mɑ̃/

    She ironed the clothes.

Set phrases

  • le fer à repasser

    the iron

Notes

  • Two unrelated meanings: to iron, and to come back / drop in again. Je repasse demain at a shop means you'll return, not that you'll be ironing.