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Conjugation of the French verb retomber

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb retomber, along with their English translations.

retomber is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
retomber	to fall back

Present		Scored
je retombe	I fall back
tu retombes	you fall back
il retombe	he falls back
elle retombe	she falls back
nous retombons	we fall back
vous retombez	you fall back
ils retombent	they fall back
elles retombent	they fall back

Imperfect		Scored
je retombais	I was falling back
tu retombais	you were falling back
il retombait	he was falling back
elle retombait	she was falling back
nous retombions	we were falling back
vous retombiez	you were falling back
ils retombaient	they were falling back
elles retombaient	they were falling back

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je retombai	I fell back
tu retombas	you fell back
il retomba	he fell back
elle retomba	she fell back
nous retombâmes	we fell back
vous retombâtes	you fell back
ils retombèrent	they fell back
elles retombèrent	they fell back

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai retombé	I have fallen back
tu as retombé	you have fallen back
il a retombé	he has fallen back
elle a retombé	she has fallen back
nous avons retombé	we have fallen back
vous avez retombé	you have fallen back
ils ont retombé	they have fallen back
elles ont retombé	they have fallen back

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais retombé	I had fallen back
tu avais retombé	you had fallen back
il avait retombé	he had fallen back
elle avait retombé	she had fallen back
nous avions retombé	we had fallen back
vous aviez retombé	you had fallen back
ils avaient retombé	they had fallen back
elles avaient retombé	they had fallen back

Future		Scored
je retomberai	I will fall back
tu retomberas	you will fall back
il retombera	he will fall back
elle retombera	she will fall back
nous retomberons	we will fall back
vous retomberez	you will fall back
ils retomberont	they will fall back
elles retomberont	they will fall back

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai retombé	I will have fallen back
tu auras retombé	you will have fallen back
il aura retombé	he will have fallen back
elle aura retombé	she will have fallen back
nous aurons retombé	we will have fallen back
vous aurez retombé	you will have fallen back
ils auront retombé	they will have fallen back
elles auront retombé	they will have fallen back

Conditional		Scored
je retomberais	I would fall back
tu retomberais	you would fall back
il retomberait	he would fall back
elle retomberait	she would fall back
nous retomberions	we would fall back
vous retomberiez	you would fall back
ils retomberaient	they would fall back
elles retomberaient	they would fall back

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais retombé	I would have fallen back
tu aurais retombé	you would have fallen back
il aurait retombé	he would have fallen back
elle aurait retombé	she would have fallen back
nous aurions retombé	we would have fallen back
vous auriez retombé	you would have fallen back
ils auraient retombé	they would have fallen back
elles auraient retombé	they would have fallen back

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je retombe	(... that) I fall back
(... que) tu retombes	(... that) you fall back
(... que) il retombe	(... that) he falls back
(... que) elle retombe	(... that) she falls back
(... que) nous retombions	(... that) we fall back
(... que) vous retombiez	(... that) you fall back
(... que) ils retombent	(... that) they fall back
(... que) elles retombent	(... that) they fall back

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je retombasse	(... that) I was falling back
(... que) tu retombasses	(... that) you were falling back
(... que) il retombât	(... that) he was falling back
(... que) elle retombât	(... that) she was falling back
(... que) nous retombassions	(... that) we were falling back
(... que) vous retombassiez	(... that) you were falling back
(... que) ils retombassent	(... that) they were falling back
(... que) elles retombassent	(... that) they were falling back

Imperative		Scored
retombe	Fall back
XX	back
XX	back
retombons	Let's fall back
retombez	Fall back
XX	back
XX	back

Present Participle		Scored
retombant	falling back

Past Participle		Scored
retombé	fallen back

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