/ʁətʁuve/
Translation
to find again, to meet up with
Word origin
From re- ('again') and trouver ('to find'). Trouver derives from Vulgar Latin tropare ('to compose, invent'), perhaps from tropus ('a figure of speech'), from Greek tropos.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- re- + trouver
- English cognates
- trove, trope
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
Indicative
| Person | Present | Imperfect | Past historic | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | retrouve | retrouvais | retrouvai | retrouverai | retrouverais |
| tu | retrouves | retrouvais | retrouvas | retrouveras | retrouverais |
| il/elle | retrouve | retrouvait | retrouva | retrouvera | retrouverait |
| nous | retrouvons | retrouvions | retrouvâmes | retrouverons | retrouverions |
| vous | retrouvez | retrouviez | retrouvâtes | retrouverez | retrouveriez |
| ils/elles | retrouvent | retrouvaient | retrouvèrent | retrouveront | retrouveraient |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| je | retrouve | retrouvasse |
| tu | retrouves | retrouvasses |
| il/elle | retrouve | retrouvât |
| nous | retrouvions | retrouvassions |
| vous | retrouviez | retrouvassiez |
| ils/elles | retrouvent | retrouvassent |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tu | retrouve |
| nous | retrouvons |
| vous | retrouvez |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- retrouvant
- Past participle
- retrouvé · retrouvée · retrouvés · retrouvées
Examples
J' .
I finally found my keys in the kitchen.
- .
Let's meet at seven o'clock in front of the cinema.
au .
She bumped into an old friend at the market this morning.
- .
We'll meet up in front of the station at six o'clock.
J' .
I finally found the keys I'd been looking for since yesterday.
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