tomber
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verb
- to fall
- to come down
- to bump into, to come across; to be received bywhen making a telephone call
- to become, to get
Forms
Present
| I | tombe |
|---|---|
| you | tombes |
| he, she, it | tombe |
| we | tombons |
| you (plural) | tombez |
| they | tombent |
Imperfect
| I | tombais |
|---|---|
| you | tombais |
| he, she, it | tombait |
| we | tombions |
| you (plural) | tombiez |
| they | tombaient |
Past historic
| I | tombai |
|---|---|
| you | tombas |
| he, she, it | tomba |
| we | tombâmes |
| you (plural) | tombâtes |
| they | tombèrent |
Future
| I | tomberai |
|---|---|
| you | tomberas |
| he, she, it | tombera |
| we | tomberons |
| you (plural) | tomberez |
| they | tomberont |
Conditional
| I | tomberais |
|---|---|
| you | tomberais |
| he, she, it | tomberait |
| we | tomberions |
| you (plural) | tomberiez |
| they | tomberaient |
Subjunctive
| I | tombe |
|---|---|
| you | tombes |
| he, she, it | tombe |
| we | tombions |
| you (plural) | tombiez |
| they | tombent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | tombasse |
|---|---|
| you | tombasses |
| he, she, it | tombât |
| we | tombassions |
| you (plural) | tombassiez |
| they | tombassent |
Imperative
| you | tombe |
|---|---|
| we | tombons |
| you (plural) | tombez |
Other forms
| infinitive | tomber |
|---|---|
| past participle | tombé |
| gerund | tombant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Ils arrivèrent chez eux comme la nuit tombait.They came to their homes as the night fell.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Les obus tombent jour et nuit. On ne les entend plus, on les sent dans la terre.The shells fall day and night. We no longer hear them, we feel them in the ground.B1Lettre d'un poilu — A soldier's letter
- Jussac tomba comme une masse.Jussac fell like a mass.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Vilarme lâcha son épée, jura et tomba.Vilarme dropped his sword, swore and fell.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
Other ways to say it
Idioms you will actually hear
- tomber dans les pommesto faintLiterally to fall in the apples, and the apples are probably a corruption of something else.