retomber

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ tomber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/
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Verb

retomber

  1. to refall, to fall again, to fall back down
    retomber en enfance ― to lapse into one's second childhood

Conjugation

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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