L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Introduction to the verb cafter
The English translation of the French verb cafter is “to snitch” or “to rat on.” It is pronounced as “kah-fteh” in the infinitive form.
Cafter comes from the Old French word “cafter,” meaning “to mock” or “to slander.” It is derived from the Latin word “captare,” meaning “to catch.”
In everyday French, cafter is often used in the L’infinitif Présent tense to describe the act of betraying someone by telling on them or revealing their secrets.
Examples:
- Ne cafte pas sur moi, s’il te plaît. (Don’t snitch on me, please.)
- Elle a cafté à la police pour éviter la prison. (She ratted to the police to avoid prison.)
- On ne devrait pas cafter sur nos collègues de travail. (We shouldn’t gossip about our colleagues at work.)
Table of the L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of cafter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | cafte | Je cafte trop. | I snitch too much. |
tu | caftes | Tu caftes tout. | You snitch on everything. |
il | cafte | Il cafte sur toi. | He snitches on you. |
elle | cafte | Elle cafte sur moi. | She snitches on me. |
on | cafte | On cafte sur tout le monde. | We snitch on everyone. |
nous | cafetons | Nous cafetons ensemble. | We snitch together. |
vous | caftez | Vous caftez souvent. | You snitch often. |
ils | caftent | Ils caftent trop. | They snitch too much. |
elles | caftent | Elles caftent sur nous. | They snitch on us. |
Other Conjugations for Cafter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter (this article)
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Cafter – About the French L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense
Forming the Infinitive Present
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
As a Verb’s Dictionary Form
After Modal Verbs
As an Imperative
In Infinitive Clauses
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Passé Composé
Imperfect Tense
Subjunctive and Conditional Moods
Summary
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