rejoindre

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ joindre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ʒwɛ̃dʁ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧joindre

Verb

rejoindre

  1. to join, to join up
  2. to rejoin, join together
  3. to reach (a destination)
    Clara prit le Thalys, le lendemain, pour rejoindre Bruxelles. ― Clara took the Thalys train the next day to reach Brussels.

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.

Conjugation of rejoindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rejoindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rejoignant
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rejoint
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rejoins
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃/		 rejoins
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃/		 rejoint
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃/		 rejoignons
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/		 rejoignez
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲe/		 rejoignent
/ʁə.ʒwaɲ/
imperfect rejoignais
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɛ/		 rejoignais
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɛ/		 rejoignait
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɛ/		 rejoignions
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/		 rejoigniez
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲje/		 rejoignaient
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 rejoignis
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲi/		 rejoignis
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲi/		 rejoignit
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲi/		 rejoignîmes
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲim/		 rejoignîtes
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲit/		 rejoignirent
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲiʁ/
future rejoindrai
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/		 rejoindras
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/		 rejoindra
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/		 rejoindrons
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 rejoindrez
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/		 rejoindront
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional rejoindrais
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/		 rejoindrais
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/		 rejoindrait
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/		 rejoindrions
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 rejoindriez
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.je/		 rejoindraient
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rejoigne
/ʁə.ʒwaɲ/		 rejoignes
/ʁə.ʒwaɲ/		 rejoigne
/ʁə.ʒwaɲ/		 rejoignions
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/		 rejoigniez
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲje/		 rejoignent
/ʁə.ʒwaɲ/
imperfect2 rejoignisse
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲis/		 rejoignisses
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲis/		 rejoignît
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲi/		 rejoignissions
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/		 rejoignissiez
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲi.sje/		 rejoignissent
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rejoins
/ʁə.ʒwɛ̃/		 — rejoignons
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/		 rejoignez
/ʁə.ʒwa.ɲe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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