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rentrer
rentrer
French
Verb
rentrer
- (intransitive, followed by dans) to go back, to re-enter
- rentrer dans la salle
- go back in(to) the room/ re-enter the room
- rentrer dans la salle
- (intransitive) to go (back) home, to come (back) home
- À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi.
- At three in the morning, I went home.
- À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi.
- (intransitive) to get in, to go in, to fit in
- Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac.
- Her shoes don't fit in her bag.
- Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac.
- (transitive) to bring in, to get in, to put in
- Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche.
- Put your change in your pocket.
- Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche.
- (transitive) to score (a goal)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rentrer | avoir or être rentré | |||||
| gerund | en rentrant | en ayant or en étant rentré | |||||
| present participle | rentrant /ʁɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rentré /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentres /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentrons /ʁɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rentrez /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
rentrent /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | rentrais /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rentrais /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rentrait /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rentrions /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rentriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rentraient /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rentrai /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
rentras /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ |
rentra /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ |
rentrâmes /ʁɑ̃.tʁam/ |
rentrâtes /ʁɑ̃.tʁat/ |
rentrèrent /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | rentrerai /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
rentreras /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
rentrera /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
rentrerons /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rentrerez /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
rentreront /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rentrerais /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rentrerais /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rentrerait /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rentrerions /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rentreriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ |
rentreraient /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentres /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentrions /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rentriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rentrent /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
rentrasse /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ |
rentrasses /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ |
rentrât /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ |
rentrassions /ʁɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
rentrassiez /ʁɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ |
rentrassent /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
— | rentrons /ʁɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rentrez /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.