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FRENCH VERB

rater

to miss

  • #100 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: raté
  • Present participle: ratant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I miss
  2. tu you miss
  3. il, elle, on he/she misses
  4. nous we miss
  5. vous you miss
  6. ils, elles they miss

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I missed
  2. tu you missed
  3. il, elle, on he/she missed
  4. nous we missed
  5. vous you missed
  6. ils, elles they missed

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to miss
  2. tu you used to miss
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to miss
  4. nous we used to miss
  5. vous you used to miss
  6. ils, elles they used to miss

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will miss
  2. tu you will miss
  3. il, elle, on he/she will miss
  4. nous we will miss
  5. vous you will miss
  6. ils, elles they will miss

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would miss
  2. tu you would miss
  3. il, elle, on he/she would miss
  4. nous we would miss
  5. vous you would miss
  6. ils, elles they would miss

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I miss
  2. tu (that) you miss
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she miss
  4. nous (that) we miss
  5. vous (that) you miss
  6. ils, elles (that) they miss

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu miss!
  2. nous miss! (let’s)
  3. vous miss! (plural, or formal)

How to use rater

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je rate toujours le bus de huit heures.

    I always miss the eight o'clock bus.

  2. Past

    On a raté le début du film de cinq minutes.

    We missed the start of the film by five minutes.

  3. Imperfect

    Elle ratait tous ses gâteaux au début.

    She messed up all her cakes at first.

  4. Future

    Si tu traînes, tu rateras ton train.

    If you dawdle, you'll miss your train.

  5. Conditional

    Je raterais mon avion sans ton réveil.

    I'd miss my plane without your alarm.

  6. Present subjunctive

    J'ai peur qu'on rate la correspondance à Lyon.

    I'm afraid we'll miss the connection in Lyon.

  7. Imperative

    Ne rate pas ce concert, il est exceptionnel.

    Don't miss this concert, it's exceptional.

Good to know

  • Rater le bus, le train, un examen; c'est raté is it's a flop.

Where you hear rater

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Beginner Level 3

  • Je rate toujours la sortie ! I always miss the exit!
  • J'ai raté le bus ce matin. I missed the bus this morning.
  • Dépêche-toi, on va rater le train ! Hurry up, we're going to miss the train!
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Lost in Brittany

Beginner Level 3 · j'ai raté · ne rate pas

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