Present
Présent · now, habits and facts
- je I redo
- tu you redo
- il, elle, on he/she redoes
- nous we redo
- vous you redo
- ils, elles they redo
FRENCH VERB
refaire
to redo
- Irregular -re verb
- Past participle: refait
- Present participle: refaisant
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Passé composé · finished actions
- je I redoed
- tu you redoed
- il, elle, on he/she redoed
- nous we redoed
- vous you redoed
- ils, elles they redoed
Imperfect
Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”
- je I used to redo
- tu you used to redo
- il, elle, on he/she used to redo
- nous we used to redo
- vous you used to redo
- ils, elles they used to redo
Future
Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common
- je I will redo
- tu you will redo
- il, elle, on he/she will redo
- nous we will redo
- vous you will redo
- ils, elles they will redo
Conditional
Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests
- je I would redo
- tu you would redo
- il, elle, on he/she would redo
- nous we would redo
- vous you would redo
- ils, elles they would redo
Present subjunctive
Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”
- je (that) I redo
- tu (that) you redo
- il, elle, on (that) he/she redo
- nous (that) we redo
- vous (that) you redo
- ils, elles (that) they redo
Imperative
Impératif · requests and orders
- tu redo!
- nous redo! (let’s)
- vous redo! (plural, or formal)
How to use refaire
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
On refait la cuisine au printemps.
We're redoing the kitchen in the spring.
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Past
Ils ont refait tout le toit l'an dernier.
They redid the whole roof last year.
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Imperfect
Il refaisait ses comptes tous les dimanches soir.
He used to redo his accounts every Sunday evening.
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Future
On refera la peinture quand les murs seront secs.
We'll redo the paint when the walls are dry.
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Conditional
Je referais bien un tour du marché.
I'd happily go round the market again.
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Present subjunctive
Il faut que tu refasses ce mur, il penche.
You have to redo this wall, it's leaning.
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Imperative
Refaites la salade, celle-là a tourné.
Make the salad again, that one's gone off.
Good to know
- Refaire le monde is to put the world to rights over a drink; se refaire une santé is to get back on one's feet.
Where you hear refaire
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
French · Advanced Level 2
- On refait la charpente avant l'hiver. We're redoing the frame before winter.
- On a refait tout le toit. We redid the whole roof.
- On refera la salle de bain l'année prochaine. We'll redo the bathroom next year.
French · Advanced Level 3
- On refait la charpente avant l'hiver. We're redoing the frame before winter.
- On a refait tout le toit. We redid the whole roof.
- On refera la salle de bain l'année prochaine. We'll redo the bathroom next year.
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Meeting the Mayor
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Advanced Level 2 · On refait le toit. Il faut un permis ?
Three Quotes
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Advanced Level 2 · Le moins cher, il ne refait pas la charpente. Le plus rapide, il la refait mal. · Moi, je la refais bien, et je commence le quinze.
The Village Cafe
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Advanced Level 2 · Deux cafés pour les Lyonnais. Il paraît que vous refaites tout le toit ? · Il paraît que vous refaites tout le toit.
The Rehearsal
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Advanced Level 3 · On refait l'entrée. Vous marchez jusqu'ici, vous vous arrêtez, et vous vous regardez. Pas moi. · On refait l'entrée.
Hugo's Old Friends
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Fluency Level 1 · On se refait ça un de ces jours ?
Winter at the Stone House
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Fluency Level 3 · Cette année, on refait le toit. · On refait le toit. · Donc on refait le toit l'an prochain.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -re verb.