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retenter
retenter
French
Verb
retenter
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of retenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retenter | avoir retenté | |||||
| gerund | en retentant | en ayant retenté | |||||
| present participle | retentant /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retenté /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
retentes /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
retentons /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
retentez /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/ |
retentent /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | retentais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
retentais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
retentait /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
retentions /ʁə.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
retentiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tje/ |
retentaient /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retentai /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/ |
retentas /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta/ |
retenta /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta/ |
retentâmes /ʁə.tɑ̃.tam/ |
retentâtes /ʁə.tɑ̃.tat/ |
retentèrent /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | retenterai /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
retenteras /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
retentera /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
retenterons /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
retenterez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
retenteront /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retenterais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
retenterais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
retenterait /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
retenterions /ʁə.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retenteriez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
retenteraient /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
retentes /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
retentions /ʁə.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
retentiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tje/ |
retentent /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
retentasse /ʁə.tɑ̃.tas/ |
retentasses /ʁə.tɑ̃.tas/ |
retentât /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta/ |
retentassions /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
retentassiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
retentassent /ʁə.tɑ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/ |
— | retentons /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
retentez /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/ |
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