taffer

French

Etymology

From taf (“work”, noun) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ta.fe/
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Verb

taffer

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Adjective

taffer

  1. comparative degree of taff

Adjective

taffer

  1. inflection of taff:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural
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