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 come back out.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ressors | I come back out | |
| tu | ressors | you come back out | |
| il / elle / on | ressort | he / she / it comes back outon: we come back out / one comes back out | |
| nous | ressortons | we come back out | |
| vous | ressortez | you come back out | |
| ils / elles | ressortent | they come back out |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul ressort de la maison avec son manteau.
Paul comes back out of the house with his coat.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suis ressorti / suis ressortie | I came back out | |
| tu | es ressorti / es ressortie | you came back out | |
| il / elle / on | est ressorti / est ressortie | he / she / it came back outon: we came back out / one came back out | |
| nous | sommes ressortis / sommes ressorties | we came back out | |
| vous | êtes ressorti / êtes ressortie / êtes ressortis / êtes ressorties | you came back out | |
| ils / elles | sont ressortis / sont ressorties | they came back out |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul est ressorti de la maison avec son manteau.
Yesterday, Paul came back out of the house with his coat.
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’ | ressortais | I used to come back out | |
| tu | ressortais | you used to come back out | |
| il / elle / on | ressortait | he / she / it used to come back outon: we used to come back out / one used to come back out | |
| nous | ressortions | we used to come back out | |
| vous | ressortiez | you used to come back out | |
| ils / elles | ressortaient | they used to come back out |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul ressortait de la maison avec son manteau.
Back then, Paul used to come back out of the house with his coat.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ressortirai | I will come back out | |
| tu | ressortiras | you will come back out | |
| il / elle / on | ressortira | he / she / it will come back outon: we will come back out / one will come back out | |
| nous | ressortirons | we will come back out | |
| vous | ressortirez | you will come back out | |
| ils / elles | ressortiront | they will come back out |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul ressortira de la maison avec son manteau.
Later, Paul will come back out of the house with his coat.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ressortirais | I would come back out | |
| tu | ressortirais | you would come back out | |
| il / elle / on | ressortirait | he / she / it would come back outon: we would come back out / one would come back out | |
| nous | ressortirions | we would come back out | |
| vous | ressortiriez | you would come back out | |
| ils / elles | ressortiraient | they would come back out |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul ressortirait de la maison avec son manteau.
Paul would come back out of the house with his coat.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ressorte | (that) I come back out | |
| tu | ressortes | (that) you come back out | |
| il / elle / on | ressorte | (that) he / she / it comes back outon: (that) we come back out / one comes back out | |
| nous | ressortions | (that) we come back out | |
| vous | ressortiez | (that) you come back out | |
| ils / elles | ressortent | (that) they come back out |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul ressorte de la maison avec son manteau.
It is possible that Paul comes back out of the house with his coat.
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 or come back out; to go/come out again
- to take back out; to take out [again]
- to emerge from, according to evidence [with de ‘from']
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