How do you conjugate "rendre" in the Present Simple tense in French?

Present Simple conjugation of rendre: je rends, tu rends, il/elle rend, nous rendons, vous rendez, ils/elles rendent. Example: "Je rends les clés à mon voisin." — "I give back the keys to my neighbor."

How do you conjugate "rendre" in the Present Perfect tense in French?

Present Perfect conjugation of rendre: je ai rendu, tu as rendu, il/elle a rendu, nous avons rendu, vous avez rendu, ils/elles ont rendu. Example: "J'ai rendu l'argent emprunté." — "I gave back the borrowed money."

How do you conjugate "rendre" in the Imperfect tense in French?

Imperfect conjugation of rendre: je rendais, tu rendais, il/elle rendait, nous rendions, vous rendiez, ils/elles rendaient. Example: "Je rendais l'argent chaque mois." — "I was giving back the money every month."

rendre (to return) — French Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

rendre (to return) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate rendre (to return) across all tenses in French. Each tense includes real example sentences in French and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

rendre — Present Simple in French

rendre Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	rends	Je rends les clés à mon voisin.	I give back the keys to my neighbor.
tu	rends	Tu rends le livre à la bibliothèque.	You give back the book to the library.
il/elle	rend	Il rend la monnaie au magasin.	He gives back the change at the store.
nous	rendons	Nous rendons les outils empruntés.	We give back the borrowed tools.
vous	rendez	Vous rendez les uniformes après le match.	You all give back the uniforms after the game.
ils/elles	rendent	Ils rendent la voiture de location demain.	They give back the rental car tomorrow.

rendre — Present Perfect in French

rendre Present Perfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	ai rendu	J'ai rendu l'argent emprunté.	I gave back the borrowed money.
tu	as rendu	Tu as rendu le téléphone hier.	You gave back the phone yesterday.
il/elle	a rendu	Il a rendu la veste ce matin.	He gave back the jacket this morning.
nous	avons rendu	Nous avons rendu tous les livres.	We gave back all the books.
vous	avez rendu	Vous avez rendu le matériel à temps.	You all gave back the equipment on time.
ils/elles	ont rendu	Ils ont rendu les outils empruntés.	They gave back the borrowed tools.

rendre — Imperfect in French

rendre Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	rendais	Je rendais l'argent chaque mois.	I was giving back the money every month.
tu	rendais	Tu rendais les DVD en retard.	You were giving back the DVDs late.
il/elle	rendait	Elle rendait la pareille à ses amis.	She was giving back the favor to her friends.
nous	rendions	Nous rendions le matériel lentement.	We were giving back the equipment slowly.
vous	rendiez	Vous rendiez les cautions.	You all were giving back the deposits.
ils/elles	rendaient	Elles rendaient les vêtements empruntés.	They were giving back the borrowed clothes.

rendre — to return — French Verbs

rendre (to return) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

rendre — Present Simple in French

rendre — Present Perfect in French

rendre — Imperfect in French