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Conjugation of the French verb rentrer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb rentrer, along with their English translations.

rentrer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
rentrer	to go back

Present		Scored
je rentre	I go back
tu rentres	you go back
il rentre	he goes back
elle rentre	she goes back
nous rentrons	we go back
vous rentrez	you go back
ils rentrent	they go back
elles rentrent	they go back

Imperfect		Scored
je rentrais	I was going back
tu rentrais	you were going back
il rentrait	he was going back
elle rentrait	she was going back
nous rentrions	we were going back
vous rentriez	you were going back
ils rentraient	they were going back
elles rentraient	they were going back

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je rentrai	I went back
tu rentras	you went back
il rentra	he went back
elle rentra	she went back
nous rentrâmes	we went back
vous rentrâtes	you went back
ils rentrèrent	they went back
elles rentrèrent	they went back

Passé Composé		Scored
je suis rentré	I went back
tu es rentré	you went back
il est rentré	he went back
elle est rentrée	she went back
nous sommes rentrés	we went back
vous êtes rentré	you went back
ils sont rentrés	they went back
elles sont rentrées	they went back

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'étais rentré	I had gone back
tu étais rentré	you had gone back
il était rentré	he had gone back
elle était rentrée	she had gone back
nous étions rentrés	we had gone back
vous étiez rentré	you had gone back
ils étaient rentrés	they had gone back
elles étaient rentrées	they had gone back

Future		Scored
je rentrerai	I will go back
tu rentreras	you will go back
il rentrera	he will go back
elle rentrera	she will go back
nous rentrerons	we will go back
vous rentrerez	you will go back
ils rentreront	they will go back
elles rentreront	they will go back

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serai rentré	I will have gone back
tu seras rentré	you will have gone back
il sera rentré	he will have gone back
elle sera rentrée	she will have gone back
nous serons rentrés	we will have gone back
vous serez rentré	you will have gone back
ils seront rentrés	they will have gone back
elles seront rentrées	they will have gone back

Conditional		Scored
je rentrerais	I would go back
tu rentrerais	you would go back
il rentrerait	he would go back
elle rentrerait	she would go back
nous rentrerions	we would go back
vous rentreriez	you would go back
ils rentreraient	they would go back
elles rentreraient	they would go back

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serais rentré	I would have gone back
tu serais rentré	you would have gone back
il serait rentré	he would have gone back
elle serait rentrée	she would have gone back
nous serions rentrés	we would have gone back
vous seriez rentré	you would have gone back
ils seraient rentrés	they would have gone back
elles seraient rentrées	they would have gone back

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je rentre	(... that) I go back
(... que) tu rentres	(... that) you go back
(... que) il rentre	(... that) he goes back
(... que) elle rentre	(... that) she goes back
(... que) nous rentrions	(... that) we go back
(... que) vous rentriez	(... that) you go back
(... que) ils rentrent	(... that) they go back
(... que) elles rentrent	(... that) they go back

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je rentrasse	(... that) I was going back
(... que) tu rentrasses	(... that) you were going back
(... que) il rentrât	(... that) he was going back
(... que) elle rentrât	(... that) she was going back
(... que) nous rentrassions	(... that) we were going back
(... que) vous rentrassiez	(... that) you were going back
(... que) ils rentrassent	(... that) they were going back
(... que) elles rentrassent	(... that) they were going back

Imperative		Scored
rentre	Go back
rentrons	Let's go back
rentrez	Go back

Present Participle		Scored
rentrant	going back

Past Participle		Scored
rentré	gone back

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