The French for return is the verb retourner

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French for return is the regular ER verb retourner, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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So, if you want to know how to say return in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb retourner - French for return

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of retourner, which is French for return.

• I return.
• you returned.
• he will return.
• we would return.
• they may return.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for retourner, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE retourner
Simple Tenses retourner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent return	retourne	retournes	retourne	retournons	retournez	retournent
Past Imperfect Imparfait returned	retournais	retournais	retournait	retournions	retourniez	retournaient
Simple Past Passé Simple returned	retournai	retournas	retourna	retournâmes	retournâtes	retournèrent
Future Futur will return	retournerai	retourneras	retournera	retournerons	retournerez	retourneront
Conditional Conditionnel would return	retournerais	retournerais	retournerait	retournerions	retourneriez	retourneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may return	retourne	retournes	retourne	retournions	retourniez	retournent
Compound Tenses retourner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have returned	ai retourné	as retourné	a retourné	avons retourné	avez retourné	ont retourné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had returned	avais retourné	avais retourné	avait retourné	avions retourné	aviez retourné	avaient retourné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai retourné	auras retourné	aura retourné	aurons retourné	aurez retourné	auront retourné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have returned	aurais retourné	aurais retourné	aurait retourné	aurions retourné	auriez retourné	auraient retourné
Imperative Imperatif return!		retourne		retournons	retournez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of retourner the French for return
présent de l’indicatif

je retourne
- I return
tu retournes
- you return - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on retourne
- he, she, it, one returns
nous retournons
- we return
vous retournez
- you return (formal or plural)
ils, elles retournent
- they return

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
imparfait de l’indicatif

je retournais
- I returned
- I was returning
tu retournais
- you returned- (familiar or informal)
- you were returning
il, elle, on retournait
- he, she, it, one returned
- he, she, it, one was returning
nous retournions
- we returned
- we were returning
vous retourniez
- you returned- (formal or plural)
- you were returning
ils, elles retournaient
- they returned
- they were returning

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
passé simple

je retournai
- I returned
tu retournas
- you returned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on retourna
- he, she, it, one returned
nous retournâmes
- we returned
vous retournâtes
- you returned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles retournèrent
they returned
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
futur

je retournerai
- I will return
tu retourneras
- you will return (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on retournera
- he, she, it, one will return
nous retournerons
- we will return
vous retournerez
- you will return (formal or plural)
ils, elles retourneront
- they will return

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Conditional Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
conditionnel

je retournerais
- I would return
tu retournerais
- you would return (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on retournerait
- he, she, it, one would return
nous retournerions
- we would return
vous retourneriez
- you would return (formal or plural)
ils, elles retourneraient
- they would return

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
présent de subjonctif

que je retourne
- that I may return
que tu retournes
- that you may return(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on retourne
- that he, she, it, one may return
que nous retournions
- that we may return
que vous retourniez
- that you may return(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles retournent
- that they may return

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb retourner - the verb ‘to return’ in French

Past Participle of retourner is:
retourné -returned.

It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.

• I have returned
• you had returned
• he will have returned
• we would have returned

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of retourner - French for return
passé composé

Here’s the French for return conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai retourné
- I have returned or I did return or
- I returned
tu as retourné
- you have returned or you did return - (familiar or informal) or
- you returned
il, elle, on a retourné
- he, she, it, one has return or did return
- he, she, it returned
nous avons retourné
- we have returned or we did return
- we returned
vous avez retourné
- you have returned or you did return (formal or plural) or
- or we returned
ils, elles ont retourné
- they have returned or they did return
- they returned

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of retourner - return in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -return conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais retourné
- I had returned
tu avais retourné
- you had returned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait retourné
- he, she, it, one had returned
nous avions retourné
- we had returned
vous aviez retourné
- you had returned (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient retourné
- they had returned

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
futur antérieur

j’aurai retourné
- I will have
tu auras retourné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura retourné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons retourné
- we will have
vous aurez retourné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront retourné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
conditionnel passé

j’aurais retourné
- I would have returned
tu aurais retourné
- you would have returned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait retourné
- he, she, it, one would have returned
nous aurions retourné
- we would have returned
vous auriez retourné
- you would have returned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient retourné
- they would have returned

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Imperative Tense conjugations of retourner, the French for return
impératif

retourne
- return!
retournons
- let’s return!
retournez
- return!

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Present Participle of retourner

retournant - returning

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