From Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(ʰ)-, *(s)kerb(ʰ)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) – related to Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).
rafler
| infinitive | simple | rafler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | raflant /ʁa.flɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raflé /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafles /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
raflons /ʁa.flɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flɔ̃/ |
raflez /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ |
raflent /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
| imperfect | raflais /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ |
raflais /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ |
raflait /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ |
raflions /ʁa.fli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.fli.jɔ̃/ |
rafliez /ʁa.fli.je/ or /ʁɑ.fli.je/ |
raflaient /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | raflai /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ |
raflas /ʁa.fla/ or /ʁɑ.fla/ |
rafla /ʁa.fla/ or /ʁɑ.fla/ |
raflâmes /ʁa.flam/ or /ʁɑ.flam/ |
raflâtes /ʁa.flat/ or /ʁɑ.flat/ |
raflèrent /ʁa.flɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛʁ/ | |
| future | raflerai /ʁa.flə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁe/ |
rafleras /ʁa.flə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁa/ |
raflera /ʁa.flə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁa/ |
raflerons /ʁa.flə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
raflerez /ʁa.flə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁe/ |
rafleront /ʁa.flə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raflerais /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ |
raflerais /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ |
raflerait /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ |
raflerions /ʁa.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rafleriez /ʁa.flə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁje/ |
rafleraient /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafles /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
raflions /ʁa.fli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.fli.jɔ̃/ |
rafliez /ʁa.fli.je/ or /ʁɑ.fli.je/ |
raflent /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
| imperfect2 | raflasse /ʁa.flas/ or /ʁɑ.flas/ |
raflasses /ʁa.flas/ or /ʁɑ.flas/ |
raflât /ʁa.fla/ or /ʁɑ.fla/ |
raflassions /ʁa.fla.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
raflassiez /ʁa.fla.sje/ or /ʁɑ.fla.sje/ |
raflassent /ʁa.flas/ or /ʁɑ.flas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
— | raflons /ʁa.flɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flɔ̃/ |
raflez /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||