tomber in French: to fall (verb)

Translation

to fall

Word origin

Of imitative or Germanic origin, probably from a Frankish root meaning 'to fall, to tumble', related to the source of English 'tumble'.

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

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

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	tombe	tombais	tombai	tomberai	tomberais
tu	tombes	tombais	tombas	tomberas	tomberais
il/elle	tombe	tombait	tomba	tombera	tomberait
nous	tombons	tombions	tombâmes	tomberons	tomberions
vous	tombez	tombiez	tombâtes	tomberez	tomberiez
ils/elles	tombent	tombaient	tombèrent	tomberont	tomberaient

sortant .

He almost fell while getting out of the car.

l'escalier.

Be careful not to fall on the stairs.

.

Night was beginning to fall when they got back.

, l'escalier !

Be careful, you are going to fall down the stairs!

.

Night is starting to fall over the English countryside.

ii

II (Roman numeral two)

abord

first (d'abord: first of all)

penser

to think

personne

person; nobody (with ne)

peine

trouble, difficulty, penalty

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