Kilo Lingo

French · Chapter 11 · Lesson 10 · Common mistake

rentrer, retourner or revenir?

Three ways to go back, and French picks by where you are going.

The rule

revenir is to come back to where the SPEAKER is. retourner is to go back to somewhere else. rentrer is to go back HOME, and it is the one French uses far more than English uses its equivalent.

Pick the right one

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Pick the right one: rentre or retourne or revient.

  1. Je à la maison à six heures.

  2. Il dans cinq minutes, attends-le.

  3. Elle en France l'an prochain.

  4. Tu tard ce soir ?

  5. vite, on t'attend !

  6. Je ne veux pas y .