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retomber: Conjugation

The retomber conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb retomber according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of retomber, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of retomber at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je retombe tu retombes il/elle retombe nous retombons vous retombez ils/elles retombent Pronounce these verb forms	je suis retombé(e) tu es retombé(e) il/elle est retombé(e) nous sommes retombé(e)s vous êtes retombé(e)(s) ils/elles sont retombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je retombais tu retombais il/elle retombait nous retombions vous retombiez ils/elles retombaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais retombé(e) tu étais retombé(e) il/elle était retombé(e) nous étions retombé(e)s vous étiez retombé(e)(s) ils/elles étaient retombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je retomberai tu retomberas il/elle retombera nous retomberons vous retomberez ils/elles retomberont Pronounce these verb forms	je serai retombé(e) tu seras retombé(e) il/elle sera retombé(e) nous serons retombé(e)s vous serez retombé(e)(s) ils/elles seront retombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je retomberais tu retomberais il/elle retomberait nous retomberions vous retomberiez ils/elles retomberaient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais retombé(e) tu serais retombé(e) il/elle serait retombé(e) nous serions retombé(e)s vous seriez retombé(e)(s) ils/elles seraient retombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je retombe tu retombes il/elle retombe nous retombions vous retombiez ils/elles retombent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois retombé(e) tu sois retombé(e) il/elle soit retombé(e) nous soyons retombé(e)s vous soyez retombé(e)(s) ils/elles soient retombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je retombai tu retombas il/elle retomba nous retombâmes vous retombâtes ils/elles retombèrent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus retombé(e) tu fus retombé(e) il/elle fut retombé(e) nous fûmes retombé(e)s vous fûtes retombé(e)(s) ils/elles furent retombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.