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retordre
retordre
French
Verb
retordre
- (transitive, intransitive) retwist; to twist again
Conjugation
Conjugation of retordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retordre | avoir retordu | |||||
| gerund | en retordant | en ayant retordu | |||||
| present participle | retordant /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retordu /ʁə.tɔʁ.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/ |
retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/ |
retord /ʁə.tɔʁ/ |
retordons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
retordez /ʁə.tɔʁ.de/ |
retordent /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | retordais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ |
retordais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ |
retordait /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ |
retordions /ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
retordiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/ |
retordaient /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retordis /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ |
retordis /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ |
retordit /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ |
retordîmes /ʁə.tɔʁ.dim/ |
retordîtes /ʁə.tɔʁ.dit/ |
retordirent /ʁə.tɔʁ.diʁ/ |
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| future | retordrai /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/ |
retordras /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/ |
retordra /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/ |
retordrons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ |
retordrez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/ |
retordront /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retordrais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
retordrais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
retordrait /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
retordrions /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
retordriez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.je/ |
retordraient /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retorde /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
retordes /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
retorde /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
retordions /ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
retordiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/ |
retordent /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
| imperfect1 |
retordisse /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ |
retordisses /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ |
retordît /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ |
retordissions /ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
retordissiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sje/ |
retordissent /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/ |
— | retordons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
retordez /ʁə.tɔʁ.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||