retomber
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
retomber
- to refall, to fall again, to fall back down
- retomber en enfance ― to lapse into one's second childhood
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of retomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | retomber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | retombant /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retombé /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
retombes /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
retombons /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
retombez /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ |
retombent /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect | retombais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
retombais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
retombait /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
retombions /ʁə.tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
retombiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bje/ |
retombaient /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | retombai /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ |
retombas /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/ |
retomba /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/ |
retombâmes /ʁə.tɔ̃.bam/ |
retombâtes /ʁə.tɔ̃.bat/ |
retombèrent /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | retomberai /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁe/ |
retomberas /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁa/ |
retombera /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁa/ |
retomberons /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
retomberez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁe/ |
retomberont /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | retomberais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
retomberais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
retomberait /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
retomberions /ʁə.tɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retomberiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
retomberaient /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
retombes /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
retombions /ʁə.tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
retombiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bje/ |
retombent /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect2 | retombasse /ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/ |
retombasses /ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/ |
retombât /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/ |
retombassions /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
retombassiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
retombassent /ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
— | retombons /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
retombez /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “retomber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.