The French for retort is the verb rétorquer

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb rétorquer - French for retort

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of rétorquer, which is French for retort.

• I retort.
• you retorted.
• he will retort.
• we would retort.
• they may retort.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for rétorquer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE rétorquer
Simple Tenses rétorquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent retort	rétorque	rétorques	rétorque	rétorquons	rétorquez	rétorquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait retorted	rétorquais	rétorquais	rétorquait	rétorquions	rétorquiez	rétorquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple retorted	rétorquai	rétorquas	rétorqua	rétorquâmes	rétorquâtes	rétorquèrent
Future Futur will retort	rétorquerai	rétorqueras	rétorquera	rétorquerons	rétorquerez	rétorqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would retort	rétorquerais	rétorquerais	rétorquerait	rétorquerions	rétorqueriez	rétorqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may retort	rétorque	rétorques	rétorque	rétorquions	rétorquiez	rétorquent
Compound Tenses rétorquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have retorted	ai rétorqué	as rétorqué	a rétorqué	avons rétorqué	avez rétorqué	ont rétorqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had retorted	avais rétorqué	avais rétorqué	avait rétorqué	avions rétorqué	aviez rétorqué	avaient rétorqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai rétorqué	auras rétorqué	aura rétorqué	aurons rétorqué	aurez rétorqué	auront rétorqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have retorted	aurais rétorqué	aurais rétorqué	aurait rétorqué	aurions rétorqué	auriez rétorqué	auraient rétorqué
Imperative Imperatif retort!		rétorque		rétorquons	rétorquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of rétorquer the French for retort
présent de l’indicatif

je rétorque
- I retort
tu rétorques
- you retort - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rétorque
- he, she, it, one retorts
nous rétorquons
- we retort
vous rétorquez
- you retort (formal or plural)
ils, elles rétorquent
- they retort

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
imparfait de l’indicatif

je rétorquais
- I retorted
- I was retorting
tu rétorquais
- you retorted- (familiar or informal)
- you were retorting
il, elle, on rétorquait
- he, she, it, one retorted
- he, she, it, one was retorting
nous rétorquions
- we retorted
- we were retorting
vous rétorquiez
- you retorted- (formal or plural)
- you were retorting
ils, elles rétorquaient
- they retorted
- they were retorting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
passé simple

je rétorquai
- I retorted
tu rétorquas
- you retorted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rétorqua
- he, she, it, one retorted
nous rétorquâmes
- we retorted
vous rétorquâtes
- you retorted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles rétorquèrent
they retorted
(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 rétorquer, the French for retort
futur

je rétorquerai
- I will retort
tu rétorqueras
- you will retort (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rétorquera
- he, she, it, one will retort
nous rétorquerons
- we will retort
vous rétorquerez
- you will retort (formal or plural)
ils, elles rétorqueront
- they will retort

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Conditional Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
conditionnel

je rétorquerais
- I would retort
tu rétorquerais
- you would retort (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rétorquerait
- he, she, it, one would retort
nous rétorquerions
- we would retort
vous rétorqueriez
- you would retort (formal or plural)
ils, elles rétorqueraient
- they would retort

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
présent de subjonctif

que je rétorque
- that I may retort
que tu rétorques
- that you may retort(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on rétorque
- that he, she, it, one may retort
que nous rétorquions
- that we may retort
que vous rétorquiez
- that you may retort(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles rétorquent
- that they may retort

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb rétorquer - the verb ‘to retort’ in French

Past Participle of rétorquer is:
rétorqué -retorted.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of rétorquer - French for retort
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of rétorquer, the French for retort
impératif

rétorque
- retort!
rétorquons
- let’s retort!
rétorquez
- retort!

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Present Participle of rétorquer

rétorquant - retorting

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