kiffer

See also: Kiffer

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kif.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ki.fe/

Verb

kiffer

  1. (slang, transitive) to love or like
    • 2008, Maylis de Kerangal, Corniche Kennedy.
      Elle est bonne ? Tu kiffes les bourges ?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Je te kiffe grave. ― I love you so much.
  2. (slang) to smoke hashish
    • 2003, Michel Meyer, Paroles d'auditeurs, page 126.
      – Ouai ! J'aime kiffer solo.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation
Conjugation of kiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle kiffant
/ki.fɑ̃/
past participle kiffé
/ki.fe/
infinitive
simple kiffer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple kiffant
/ki.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present kiffe
/kif/		 kiffes
/kif/		 kiffe
/kif/		 kiffons
/ki.fɔ̃/		 kiffez
/ki.fe/		 kiffent
/kif/
imperfect kiffais
/ki.fɛ/		 kiffais
/ki.fɛ/		 kiffait
/ki.fɛ/		 kiffions
/ki.fjɔ̃/		 kiffiez
/ki.fje/		 kiffaient
/ki.fɛ/
past historic2 kiffai
/ki.fe/		 kiffas
/ki.fa/		 kiffa
/ki.fa/		 kiffâmes
/ki.fam/		 kiffâtes
/ki.fat/		 kiffèrent
/ki.fɛʁ/
future kifferai
/ki.fʁe/		 kifferas
/ki.fʁa/		 kiffera
/ki.fʁa/		 kifferons
/ki.fʁɔ̃/		 kifferez
/ki.fʁe/		 kifferont
/ki.fʁɔ̃/
conditional kifferais
/ki.fʁɛ/		 kifferais
/ki.fʁɛ/		 kifferait
/ki.fʁɛ/		 kifferions
/ki.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 kifferiez
/ki.fə.ʁje/		 kifferaient
/ki.fʁɛ/
(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 kiffe
/kif/		 kiffes
/kif/		 kiffe
/kif/		 kiffions
/ki.fjɔ̃/		 kiffiez
/ki.fje/		 kiffent
/kif/
imperfect2 kiffasse
/ki.fas/		 kiffasses
/ki.fas/		 kiffât
/ki.fa/		 kiffassions
/ki.fa.sjɔ̃/		 kiffassiez
/ki.fa.sje/		 kiffassent
/ki.fas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — kiffe
/kif/		 — kiffons
/ki.fɔ̃/		 kiffez
/ki.fe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.