Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Introduction to the verb raboter
The English translation of the French verb raboter is “to plane.” It is pronounced as “rah-boh-tay.”
The verb raboter comes from the noun “rabot,” which means “plane” or “planer,” and the suffix -er, which is used to form verbs in French. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of using a plane tool to smooth or level a surface.
Here are three simple examples of its usage, along with their English translations:
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Je vais raboter cette planche pour qu’elle soit bien lisse. (I am going to plane this board so it will be smooth.)
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Le menuisier a raboté les portes en bois pour qu’elles ferment mieux. (The carpenter planed the wooden doors so they close better.)
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Mon grand-père aime bien raboter le bois dans son atelier. (My grandfather likes to plane wood in his workshop.)
Raboter – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of raboter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | rabote | Je rabote le bois. | I plane the wood. |
tu | rabotes | Tu rabotes les portes. | You plane the doors. |
il | rabote | Il rabote les planches. | He planes the planks. |
elle | rabote | Elle rabote le bureau. | She planes the desk. |
on | rabote | On rabote les poutres. | One planes the beams. |
nous | rabotons | Nous rabotons les planches. | We plane the planks. |
vous | rabotez | Vous rabotez les portes. | You plane the doors. |
ils | rabotent | Ils rabotent les poutres. | They plane the beams. |
elles | rabotent | Elles rabotent le bois. | They plane the wood. |
Other Conjugations for Raboter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb raboter (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb raboter
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