Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to become again.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redeviens | I become again | |
| tu | redeviens | you become again | |
| il / elle / on | redevient | he / she / it becomes againon: we become again / one becomes again | |
| nous | redevenons | we become again | |
| vous | redevenez | you become again | |
| ils / elles | redeviennent | they become again |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul redevient calme.
Paul becomes calm again.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suis redevenu / suis redevenue | I became again | |
| tu | es redevenu / es redevenue | you became again | |
| il / elle / on | est redevenu / est redevenue | he / she / it became againon: we became again / one became again | |
| nous | sommes redevenus / sommes redevenues | we became again | |
| vous | êtes redevenu / êtes redevenue / êtes redevenus / êtes redevenues | you became again | |
| ils / elles | sont redevenus / sont redevenues | they became again |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul est redevenu calme.
Yesterday, Paul became calm again.
With être, the participle agrees with the subject: feminine -e, plural -s. The table gives masculine and feminine alternatives; vous may be singular or plural. With on meaning we, plural agreement is also possible.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redevenais | I became again | |
| tu | redevenais | you became again | |
| il / elle / on | redevenait | he / she / it became againon: we became again / one became again | |
| nous | redevenions | we became again | |
| vous | redeveniez | you became again | |
| ils / elles | redevenaient | they became again |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul redevenait calme.
Back then, Paul was becoming calm again.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redeviendrai | I will become again | |
| tu | redeviendras | you will become again | |
| il / elle / on | redeviendra | he / she / it will become againon: we will become again / one will become again | |
| nous | redeviendrons | we will become again | |
| vous | redeviendrez | you will become again | |
| ils / elles | redeviendront | they will become again |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul redeviendra calme.
Later, Paul will become calm again.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redeviendrais | I would become again | |
| tu | redeviendrais | you would become again | |
| il / elle / on | redeviendrait | he / she / it would become againon: we would become again / one would become again | |
| nous | redeviendrions | we would become again | |
| vous | redeviendriez | you would become again | |
| ils / elles | redeviendraient | they would become again |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul redeviendrait calme.
Paul would become calm again.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redevienne | (that) I become again | |
| tu | redeviennes | (that) you become again | |
| il / elle / on | redevienne | (that) he / she / it becomes againon: (that) we become again / one becomes again | |
| nous | redevenions | (that) we become again | |
| vous | redeveniez | (that) you become again | |
| ils / elles | redeviennent | (that) they become again |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul redevienne calme.
It is possible that Paul will become calm again.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Re- adds the idea again. In natural English, again follows the adjective: become calm again.
Meaning & usage
- to become again
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations