French verb rendre

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb rendre in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of rendre

PresentPerfect

jerends
turends
il/ellerend
nousrendons
vousrendez
ils/ellesrendent

j'ai rendu
tuas rendu
il/ellea rendu
nousavons rendu
vousavez rendu
ils/ellesont rendu

ImperfectPluperfect

jerendais
turendais
il/ellerendait
nousrendions
vousrendiez
ils/ellesrendaient

j'avais rendu
tuavais rendu
il/elleavait rendu
nousavions rendu
vousaviez rendu
ils/ellesavaient rendu

FutureFuture-perfect

jerendrai
turendras
il/ellerendra
nousrendrons
vousrendrez
ils/ellesrendront

j'aurai rendu
tuauras rendu
il/elleaura rendu
nousaurons rendu
vousaurez rendu
ils/ellesauront rendu

ConditionalConditional perfect

jerendrais
turendrais
il/ellerendrait
nousrendrions
vousrendriez
ils/ellesrendraient

j'aurais rendu
tuaurais rendu
il/elleaurait rendu
nousaurions rendu
vousauriez rendu
ils/ellesauraient rendu

Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jerende
turendes
il/ellerende
nousrendions
vousrendiez
ils/ellesrendent

j'aie rendu
tuaies rendu
il/elleait rendu
nousayons rendu
vousayez rendu
ils/ellesaient rendu


This is the so-called regular -re pattern according to the categories used in many English-speaking analyses of French. (Many French-speaking analyses don't actually make a distinction between this pattern and other "irregular verb" patterns.) Characteristic features of this pattern include:

  • in practise, the infinitive always ends in -endre, -andre, -ondre, -erdre or -ordre;
  • past participles ending in -u;
  • the [d] consonant is pronounced in all forms of the verb except the singular present tense forms, which sound like the infinitive minus the final -dre.


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