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retrousser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je retrousse tu retrousses il/elle retrousse nous retroussons vous retroussez ils/elles retroussent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai retroussé tu as retroussé il/elle a retroussé nous avons retroussé vous avez retroussé ils/elles ont retroussé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je retroussais tu retroussais il/elle retroussait nous retroussions vous retroussiez ils/elles retroussaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais retroussé tu avais retroussé il/elle avait retroussé nous avions retroussé vous aviez retroussé ils/elles avaient retroussé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je retrousserai tu retrousseras il/elle retroussera nous retrousserons vous retrousserez ils/elles retrousseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai retroussé tu auras retroussé il/elle aura retroussé nous aurons retroussé vous aurez retroussé ils/elles auront retroussé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je retrousserais tu retrousserais il/elle retrousserait nous retrousserions vous retrousseriez ils/elles retrousseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais retroussé tu aurais retroussé il/elle aurait retroussé nous aurions retroussé vous auriez retroussé ils/elles auraient retroussé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je retrousse tu retrousses il/elle retrousse nous retroussions vous retroussiez ils/elles retroussent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie retroussé tu aies retroussé il/elle ait retroussé nous ayons retroussé vous ayez retroussé ils/elles aient retroussé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je retroussai tu retroussas il/elle retroussa nous retroussâmes vous retroussâtes ils/elles retroussèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus retroussé tu eus retroussé il/elle eut retroussé nous eûmes retroussé vous eûtes retroussé ils/elles eurent retroussé 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.