How to Conjugate 'Rejoindre' (to Rejoin, Get Back To)

Simple Conjugations for the French Verb 'Rejoindre'

Updated on February 24, 2020

The French verb rejoindre means "to rejoin," "to get back to." It is an irregular verb, which means you need to memorize the conjugation pattern if you hope to use the word properly in conversation.

How to Conjugate the French Verb Rejoindre

With a regular -re verb, you would drop the infinitive ending and replace it with the ending that matches the subject pronoun and the tense. But that's not the case with all verbs. With rejoindre, an irregular verb, you must commit the conjugations to memory. There's some good news: All French verbs that end in -aindre, -eindre and -oindre are conjugated the same way. The tables below will help you learn.

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present participle
je	rejoins	rejoindrai	rejoignais	rejoignant
tu	rejoins	rejoindras	rejoignais
il	rejoint	rejoindra	rejoignait
nous	rejoignons	rejoindrons	rejoignions
vous	rejoignez	rejoindrez	rejoigniez
ils	rejoignent	rejoindront	rejoignaient

	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
je	rejoigne	rejoindrais	rejoignis	rejoignisse
tu	rejoignes	rejoindrais	rejoignis	rejoignisses
il	rejoigne	rejoindrait	rejoignit	rejoignît
nous	rejoignions	rejoindrions	rejoignîmes	rejoignissions
vous	rejoigniez	rejoindriez	rejoignîtes	rejoignissiez
ils	rejoignent	rejoindraient	rejoignirent	rejoignissent

	Imperative
(tu)	rejoins
(nous)	rejoignons
(vous)	rejoignez

How to Use Rejoindre in the Past Tense

The most common way to put a verb in the past tense is to use the passé composé. With this compound tense, you use the verb's auxiliary verb and past participle. Rejoindre's auxiliary verb is avoir and the past participle is rejoint.

For example:

J'ai rejoint le groupe.
I rejoined the group.

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