rentrer conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/ʁɑ̃.tʁe/

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Translation

to go back, to return home

Word origin

From the prefix re- and entrer ('to enter'), from Latin intrare ('to go in'), from intra ('within'). It means to re-enter, hence to go home.

Origin: Latin
Root: intrare
English cognates: enter, entrance, interior

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	rentre	rentrais	rentrai	rentrerai	rentrerais
tu	rentres	rentrais	rentras	rentreras	rentrerais
il/elle	rentre	rentrait	rentra	rentrera	rentrerait
nous	rentrons	rentrions	rentrâmes	rentrerons	rentrerions
vous	rentrez	rentriez	rentrâtes	rentrerez	rentreriez
ils/elles	rentrent	rentraient	rentrèrent	rentreront	rentreraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	rentre	rentrasse
tu	rentres	rentrasses
il/elle	rentre	rentrât
nous	rentrions	rentrassions
vous	rentriez	rentrassiez
ils/elles	rentrent	rentrassent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	rentre
nous	rentrons
vous	rentrez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: rentrant
Past participle: rentré · rentrée · rentrés · rentrées

Examples

I am going to go home tonight.

She came back from holiday yesterday.

' .

You should get home before it gets dark.

I get home around seven o'clock most evenings.

l' tous .

The children come back from school by bus every day.

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This word is part of lesson 5.