Verb Rendre in French
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1. To Give Back
Je te rends l’argent: I give your money back.
Ils ont rendu les otages: They set the hostages free (they give them back their freedom).
Tu lui rends son livre: You give his book back.
2. To Return
Je te rends la monnaie: I return your change.
Elle me rend visite tous les jeudis: She visits me every Thursday.
Le pays rendra coup pour coup: The country will return blow for blow.
3. To make
Ça me rend heureux: It makes me happy.
Ils ont rendu public l’information: They made the news public.
Elle me rend responsable de l’accident: She makes me responsible for the accident.
Il va me rendre fou: He is going to drive me crazy.
4. To Render
Ce livre ne rend pas sa pensée: This book does not render his though.
5. To Look Good
Ça ne rend pas bien du tout: It does not look good at all.
Ce chapeau rend bien sur toi: This hat looks good on you.
6. To Vomit
Il a rendu du sang: He vomited blood.
J’ai envie de rendre: I feel sick
SE RENDRE
1. To go
Elle se rend au travail en bus: She goes to work on bus.
2. To make …
Arrête, tu te rends ridicule: Stop it, you are making a fool of yourself.
Le poisson m’a rendu malade: The fish made me ill.
Je voudrais me rendre utile: I would like to make myself useful
3. To surrender
Les voleurs se sont rendus: The thieves surrendered to the police.
Cette explication du mot “rendre”est la meilleure que j’ai jamais vu. Merci Pascal, ça m’aide énormément.