"I return."
Translation:Je reviens.
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2056
On another question the correct translation for Elle y retourne is She returns there.
Duo itself says that Elle retourne and Elle y retourne are different phrases.
770
Isn't "I will return" Je retournerai (or Je vais retourner)? You've still conjugated it in the present.
1152
I believe that for "retourner" to mean "return" (as opposed to turning something), it needs a destination. "Je retourne à mon village." "J'y retourne."
1021
Depends. Je rentre can mean "I'm going/coming in" or "I'm coming home" (short for "Je rentre à la maison"). If there is juste "I return", I think it is an action of actually turning something over. No coming back. But that's my humble opinion.
No, "retourner" is for some place you are not currently at (and you should specify where), and "revenir" is for where you currently are (so it is pointless to specify where you are).
I think you do not "retourner" to "ici". You can "revenir" to "ici", but you can only "retourner" to some other place, some place that you are not now at.
https://www.frenchasyoulikeit.com/retourner-revenir-rentrer-whats-the-difference/
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Can Sitesurf pkease clarify the difference among these 3 verbs? Thank you. I am still confused and need simple logic to remember this.
2056
You may be correct.
But I should tell you that every French training program I have looked at insists that French requires a hint (at least) of a destination when talking about going to or from somewhere.
Typically, from about.com.....Je vais (I'm going) is not a complete sentence in French; if you don't follow the verb with a place, you have to say J'y vais. Duo is saying that retourner is a form of going and is subject to the same rule. That does not mean French speakers, in ordinary conversation, must necessarily slavishly follow this or any other procedural rule. On the other hand, it does mean that it is not rubbish to suggest that the requirement exists.
It is worth noting that a google search of Je retourne turns up countless pages with destination included. All kinds of destinations, many of them figurative but destinations or goals just the same.
Searching for English I return (with merchandise return policies, etc. excluded) turns up a much wider variety of possible uses of return. That includes simply ...I return...I could not find a simple Je retourne on the French pages. (except for conjugation purposes)
That indicates that some people think it is irregular to use je retourne without a marker for a destination.
2056
If you mean the verb revenir has the destination implicit in the verb, that is you come back to where you started even if over a long period of time, then you are correct. The destination is known.
But of course you can return to anywhere you once were so retourner still requires that pesky y.
1950
"Revenir" means to come back to a place you have already visited, while "retourner" means to go in the opposite direction or to put an object upside down.
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So explain to me why I return there is the answer you want versus what is called for with I return? The adverb being implied of "there" is not logical