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/ʁa.pɔʁ.te/

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Translation

to bring back; to report; to yield (money)

Word origin

From re- ('back') and apporter ('to bring'), itself from Latin apportare, a compound of ad- ('to') and portare ('to carry'). English 'report' and 'rapport' come from the same French verb.

Origin
Latin
Root
apportare
English cognates
report, rapport, portable

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jerapporterapportaisrapportairapporterairapporterais
turapportesrapportaisrapportasrapporterasrapporterais
il/ellerapporterapportaitrapportarapporterarapporterait
nousrapportonsrapportionsrapportâmesrapporteronsrapporterions
vousrapportezrapportiezrapportâtesrapporterezrapporteriez
ils/ellesrapportentrapportaientrapportèrentrapporterontrapporteraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jerapporterapportasse
turapportesrapportasses
il/ellerapporterapportât
nousrapportionsrapportassions
vousrapportiezrapportassiez
ils/ellesrapportentrapportassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
turapporte
nousrapportons
vousrapportez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
rapportant
Past participle
rapporté · rapportée · rapportés · rapportées

Examples

- .

Bring me back some bread on your way home.

commenter.

The journalist reported the minister's words without commenting on them.

placement .

That investment yields three per cent a year.

' .

Do not forget to take the books back to the library.

' .

Nobody likes children who tell tales.

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This word is part of lesson 39.