Rendrions

Rendrions is the present conditional plural form of the French verb rendre. It corresponds to “we would render” or “we would return,” depending on the sense of rendre in a given sentence. The form is used with the subject nous to express actions that would occur under a condition or in hypothetical situations.

Morphology and etymology: rendre is a regular -re verb, and the conditional present forms are built from the stem rendr- plus the standard endings. For the nous form, the ending is -ions, yielding rendrions. Other conditional forms include je rendrais, tu rendrais, il rendrait, vous rendriez, ils rendraient. The stem rendr- is shared across all persons in the present conditional.

Usage: Rendrions appears in contexts that express hypotheticals, concessions, or polite offers. It is common in both spoken and written French when describing what would happen under certain circumstances. It can also appear in reported speech or conditional clauses introduced by si.

Examples:

- Si nous avions le temps, nous rendrions visite à nos amis. (If we had the time, we would visit our friends.)

- Nous rendrions les outils demain. (We would return the tools tomorrow.)

- Nous rendrions ce service volontiers si vous le demandiez. (We would render this service gladly if you asked.)

Notes: Rendrions is not a separate verb; it is one of the inflected forms of rendre. It shares with other conditional forms the typical nuance of hypotheticality and politeness, distinguishing it from the indicative or other moods. Related forms include rendrais, rendrait, rendrons, and the infinitive rendre.