retomber
French
Etymology
re- + tomber
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/
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Verb
retomber
- to refall, to fall again, to fall back down
- retomber en enfance ― to lapse into one's second childhood
Conjugation
Conjugation of retomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | retomber | |||||
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compound | être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | retombant /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | retombé /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | retombes /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | retombons /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɔ̃/ | retombez /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ | retombent /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
imperfect | retombais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ | retombais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ | retombait /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ | retombions /ʁə.tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ | retombiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bje/ | retombaient /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | retombai /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ | retombas /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/ | retomba /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/ | retombâmes /ʁə.tɔ̃.bam/ | retombâtes /ʁə.tɔ̃.bat/ | retombèrent /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
future | retomberai /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁe/ | retomberas /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁa/ | retombera /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁa/ | retomberons /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | retomberez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁe/ | retomberont /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | retomberais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | retomberais /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | retomberait /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | retomberions /ʁə.tɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | retomberiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ | retomberaient /ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | retombes /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | retombions /ʁə.tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ | retombiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.bje/ | retombent /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ |
imperfect2 | retombasse /ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/ | retombasses /ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/ | retombât /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/ | retombassions /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ | retombassiez /ʁə.tɔ̃.ba.sje/ | retombassent /ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | retombe /ʁə.tɔ̃b/ | — | retombons /ʁə.tɔ̃.bɔ̃/ | retombez /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- retomber sur ses pattes
- retomber sur ses pieds
Further reading
- “retomber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.