retourner: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jeretourne
turetournes
il/elleretourne
nousretournons
vousretournez
ils/ellesretournent
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jesuis retourné(e)
tues retourné(e)
il/elleest retourné(e)
noussommes retourné(e)s
vousêtes retourné(e)(s)
ils/ellessont retourné(e)s
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ImperfectPluperfect

jeretournais
turetournais
il/elleretournait
nousretournions
vousretourniez
ils/ellesretournaient
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j'étais retourné(e)
tuétais retourné(e)
il/elleétait retourné(e)
nousétions retourné(e)s
vousétiez retourné(e)(s)
ils/ellesétaient retourné(e)s
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FutureFuture-perfect

jeretournerai
turetourneras
il/elleretournera
nousretournerons
vousretournerez
ils/ellesretourneront
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jeserai retourné(e)
tuseras retourné(e)
il/ellesera retourné(e)
nousserons retourné(e)s
vousserez retourné(e)(s)
ils/ellesseront retourné(e)s
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jeretournerais
turetournerais
il/elleretournerait
nousretournerions
vousretourneriez
ils/ellesretourneraient
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jeserais retourné(e)
tuserais retourné(e)
il/elleserait retourné(e)
nousserions retourné(e)s
vousseriez retourné(e)(s)
ils/ellesseraient retourné(e)s
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jeretourne
turetournes
il/elleretourne
nousretournions
vousretourniez
ils/ellesretournent
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jesois retourné(e)
tusois retourné(e)
il/ellesoit retourné(e)
noussoyons retourné(e)s
voussoyez retourné(e)(s)
ils/ellessoient retourné(e)s
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Past historicPast anterior

jeretournai
turetournas
il/elleretourna
nousretournâmes
vousretournâtes
ils/ellesretournèrent
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jefus retourné(e)
tufus retourné(e)
il/ellefut retourné(e)
nousfûmes retourné(e)s
vousfûtes retourné(e)(s)
ils/ellesfurent retourné(e)s
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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:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
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.