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tomber
tomber
French
Verb
tomber
- to fall
Conjugation
Conjugation of tomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tomber | avoir or être tombé | |||||
| gerund | en tombant | en ayant or en étant tombé | |||||
| present participle | tombant /tɔ̃.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tombé /tɔ̃.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tombe /tɔ̃b/ |
tombes /tɔ̃b/ |
tombe /tɔ̃b/ |
tombons /tɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
tombez /tɔ̃.be/ |
tombent /tɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect | tombais /tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
tombais /tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
tombait /tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
tombions /tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
tombiez /tɔ̃.bje/ |
tombaient /tɔ̃.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tombai /tɔ̃.be/ |
tombas /tɔ̃.ba/ |
tomba /tɔ̃.ba/ |
tombâmes /tɔ̃.bam/ |
tombâtes /tɔ̃.bat/ |
tombèrent /tɔ̃.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | tomberai /tɔ̃.bʁe/ |
tomberas /tɔ̃.bʁa/ |
tombera /tɔ̃.bʁa/ |
tomberons /tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
tomberez /tɔ̃.bʁe/ |
tomberont /tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tomberais /tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
tomberais /tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
tomberait /tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
tomberions /tɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tomberiez /tɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
tomberaient /tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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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 | tombe /tɔ̃b/ |
tombes /tɔ̃b/ |
tombe /tɔ̃b/ |
tombions /tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
tombiez /tɔ̃.bje/ |
tombent /tɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect1 |
tombasse /tɔ̃.bas/ |
tombasses /tɔ̃.bas/ |
tombât /tɔ̃.ba/ |
tombassions /tɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
tombassiez /tɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
tombassent /tɔ̃.bas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | tombe /tɔ̃b/ |
— | tombons /tɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
tombez /tɔ̃.be/ |
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Middle French
Alternative forms
Verb
tomber
- to fall
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tomber
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tomber | estre tombé | |||||
| gerund | en tombant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tombant | ||||||
| past participle | tombé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tombe | tombes | tombe | tombons | tombez | tombent |
| imperfect | tombois, tomboys | tombois, tomboys | tomboit, tomboyt | tombions, tombyons | tombiez, tombyez | tomboient, tomboyent | |
| past historic | tomba | tombas | tomba | tombasmes | tombastes | tomberent | |
| future | tomberai, tomberay | tomberas | tombera | tomberons | tomberez | tomberont | |
| conditional | tomberois, tomberoys | tomberois, tomberoys | tomberoit, tomberoyt | tomberions, tomberyons | tomberiez, tomberyez | tomberoient, tomberoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tombe | tombes | tombe | tombons | tombez | tombent |
| imperfect | tombasse | tombasses | tombast | tombassions | tombassiez | tombassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tombe | — | tombons | tombez | — | ||