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FRENCH VERB

raccompagner

to walk someone home, to see someone back

  • #331 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: raccompagné
  • Present participle: raccompagnant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I walk someone home
  2. tu you walk someone home
  3. il, elle, on he/she walks someone home
  4. nous we walk someone home
  5. vous you walk someone home
  6. ils, elles they walk someone home

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I walked someone home
  2. tu you walked someone home
  3. il, elle, on he/she walked someone home
  4. nous we walked someone home
  5. vous you walked someone home
  6. ils, elles they walked someone home

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to walk someone home
  2. tu you used to walk someone home
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to walk someone home
  4. nous we used to walk someone home
  5. vous you used to walk someone home
  6. ils, elles they used to walk someone home

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will walk someone home
  2. tu you will walk someone home
  3. il, elle, on he/she will walk someone home
  4. nous we will walk someone home
  5. vous you will walk someone home
  6. ils, elles they will walk someone home

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would walk someone home
  2. tu you would walk someone home
  3. il, elle, on he/she would walk someone home
  4. nous we would walk someone home
  5. vous you would walk someone home
  6. ils, elles they would walk someone home

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I walk someone home
  2. tu (that) you walk someone home
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she walk someone home
  4. nous (that) we walk someone home
  5. vous (that) you walk someone home
  6. ils, elles (that) they walk someone home

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu walk someone home!
  2. nous walk someone home! (let’s)
  3. vous walk someone home! (plural, or formal)

How to use raccompagner

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je vous raccompagne jusqu'à la porte.

    I'll see you to the door.

  2. Past

    Elle m'a raccompagné jusqu'au métro.

    She walked me back to the metro.

  3. Imperfect

    Il me raccompagnait toujours à pied, même l'hiver.

    He always walked me home, even in winter.

  4. Future

    Je te raccompagnerai, il fait nuit.

    I'll see you home, it's dark.

  5. Conditional

    Tu me raccompagnerais ? J'ai raté le dernier métro.

    Would you take me home? I missed the last metro.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je préfère qu'on te raccompagne, c'est loin.

    I'd rather we saw you home, it's far.

  7. Imperative

    Raccompagne ta grand-mère, elle est fatiguée.

    See your grandmother home, she's tired.

Good to know

  • Je te raccompagne ? is the kind offer to walk or drive someone back.

Where you hear raccompagner

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Beginner Level 3

  • Je te raccompagne. I'll walk you home.
  • Hugo m'a raccompagnée jusqu'à ma porte. Hugo walked me to my door.
  • Je vais te raccompagner au tram. I'm going to walk you to the tram.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.