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FRENCH VERB

se rendre

to go (somewhere)

  • #281 most used
  • Regular -re verb
  • Past participle: rendu
  • Present participle: se rendant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use se rendre

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

  1. Present

    Je me rends à Lyon deux fois par mois.

    I go to Lyon twice a month.

  2. Past

    Elle s'est rendue à la mairie ce matin.

    She went to the town hall this morning.

  3. Imperfect

    Chaque été, on se rendait chez mes grands-parents en Bretagne.

    Every summer we went to my grandparents' in Brittany.

  4. Future

    Vous vous rendrez directement à l'hôtel en arrivant.

    You'll go straight to the hotel when you arrive.

  5. Conditional

    Je m'y rendrais en vélo s'il ne pleuvait pas.

    I'd go there by bike if it weren't raining.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que tu te rendes au commissariat pour la plainte.

    You have to go to the police station for the complaint.

  7. Imperative

    Rendez-vous directement au guichet numéro trois.

    Go straight to counter number three.

Good to know

  • Se rendre à is a more formal aller : je me rends à Paris.
  • Se rendre compte is to realise : je ne m'en étais pas rendu compte.

Verbs like this one

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