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 go back up.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remonte | I go back up | |
| tu | remontes | you go back up | |
| il / elle / on | remonte | he / she / it goes back upon: we go back up / one goes back up | |
| nous | remontons | we go back up | |
| vous | remontez | you go back up | |
| ils / elles | remontent | they go back up |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remonte au premier étage.
Paul goes back up to the first floor.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suis remonté / suis remontée | I went back up | |
| tu | es remonté / es remontée | you went back up | |
| il / elle / on | est remonté / est remontée | he / she / it went back upon: we went back up / one went back up | |
| nous | sommes remontés / sommes remontées | we went back up | |
| vous | êtes remonté / êtes remontée / êtes remontés / êtes remontées | you went back up | |
| ils / elles | sont remontés / sont remontées | they went back up |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul est remonté au premier étage.
Yesterday, Paul went back up to the first floor.
The passé composé shown is the intransitive motion use with être. With a direct object, this verb can use avoir; check the meaning in context. 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’ | remontais | I used to go back up | |
| tu | remontais | you used to go back up | |
| il / elle / on | remontait | he / she / it used to go back upon: we used to go back up / one used to go back up | |
| nous | remontions | we used to go back up | |
| vous | remontiez | you used to go back up | |
| ils / elles | remontaient | they used to go back up |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remontait au premier étage.
Back then, Paul used to go back up to the first floor.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remonterai | I will go back up | |
| tu | remonteras | you will go back up | |
| il / elle / on | remontera | he / she / it will go back upon: we will go back up / one will go back up | |
| nous | remonterons | we will go back up | |
| vous | remonterez | you will go back up | |
| ils / elles | remonteront | they will go back up |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remontera au premier étage.
Later, Paul will go back up to the first floor.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remonterais | I would go back up | |
| tu | remonterais | you would go back up | |
| il / elle / on | remonterait | he / she / it would go back upon: we would go back up / one would go back up | |
| nous | remonterions | we would go back up | |
| vous | remonteriez | you would go back up | |
| ils / elles | remonteraient | they would go back up |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remonterait au premier étage.
Paul would go back up to the first floor.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remonte | (that) I go back up | |
| tu | remontes | (that) you go back up | |
| il / elle / on | remonte | (that) he / she / it goes back upon: (that) we go back up / one goes back up | |
| nous | remontions | (that) we go back up | |
| vous | remontiez | (that) you go back up | |
| ils / elles | remontent | (that) they go back up |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remonte au premier étage.
It is possible that Paul goes back up to the first floor.
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.”
Meaning & usage
- to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
- to rise again, to go up again
- to go up, to ride up
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