Rendre / Se Rendre

Question 1

Je rends le livre à Jean.

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Answer 1

I give the book back to Jean.

Question 2

Je rends le livre à la bibliotheque.

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Answer 2

I give the book back to the library.

Question 3

Il me rend la voiture.

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Answer 3

He gives the car back to me.

Question 4

Nous vous rendons votre vélo.

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Answer 4

We return your bike to you.

Question 5

Rends-moi mon argent!

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Answer 5

Give me my money back!

Question 6

Rendez-nous les clés!

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Answer 6

Give us the keys back!

Question 7

Je lui rends l’argent.

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Answer 7

I give him back the money.

Because it’s rendre qqch à qqn we use the indirect object pronouns lui and leur in the third-person singular and plural.

Question 8

Elle leur rend le cheval.

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Answer 8

She gives them back the horse.

Because it’s rendre qqch à qqn we use the indirect object pronouns lui and leur in the third-person singular and plural.

Question 9

Je rends visite à ma famille.

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Answer 9

I visit my family.

1) You cannot use visiter + person. Visiter as a verb is used with places, for example, “Je visite Paris”.

2) You cannot say “rendre un visite à qqn”. It must be “rendre visite”. This is set in stone. Also, the verb that’s being conjugated is rendre and not visit.

Question 10

Elle rend visit à son ami.

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Answer 10

She visits her friend

1) You cannot use visiter + person. Visiter as a verb is used with places, for example, “Je visite Paris”.

2) You cannot say “rendre un visite à qqn”. It must be “rendre visite”. This is set in stone. Also, the verb that’s being conjugated is rendre and not visit.

Question 11

Ils nous rendent visite.

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Answer 11

They visit us.

1) You cannot use visiter + person. Visiter as a verb is used with places, for example, “Je visite Paris”.

2) You cannot say “rendre un visite à qqn”. It must be “rendre visite”. This is set in stone. Also, the verb that’s being conjugated is rendre and not visit.

Question 12

Je me rends compte de mon erreur.

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Answer 12

I realize my mistake.

Question 13

Elle se rend compte qu’elle a oublié le rendez-vous.

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Answer 13

She realizes that she forgot the appointment.

Question 13

Cet homme me rend complètement folle!

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Answer 13

This man drives me completely crazy!

Question 13

Géralde, tu me rends fou!

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Answer 13

Géralde, you’re driving me crazy!

Question 14

Il se rend à Paris tous les weekends.

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Answer 14

He goes to Paris every weekend.

Question 15

Comment est-ce que tu te rends au travail?

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Answer 15

How do you get to work?

Question 16

Les Allemands se rendent aux soldats américains

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Answer 16

The Germans surrender to the American soldiers.

Question 17

J’ai mangé trop vite et j’ai rendu toute la pizza!

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Answer 17

I ate too fast and I threw up all the pizza!

L’argot

Question 18

Ah, je viens de me rendre compte ! J’ai oublié mon portable au travail.

Answer 18

Ah, I just realised! I left my phone at work.

Question 19

L’injustice de cette situation me rend malade.

Answer 19

The injustice of this situation really upsets me.

Question 20

Ces crimes racistes te rendent malade.

Answer 20

These racist crimes are making him sick / really upsetting him.

Question 21

Cet ordinateur me rend chèvre.

Answer 21

This computer is driving me nut.

Question 22

Ces multiples mots de passe me rendent chèvre.

Answer 22

These multiple passwords are driving me nuts.

Question 23

Aujourd’hui nous allons rendre visite à Papi.

Answer 23

We’re visiting grandpa today. (Paying him a visit)

Question 24

Voilà, je vous rends les livres que j’ai empruntés la semaine dernière.

Answer 24

Here, I’m returning the books I borrowed last week.

Question 25

Et voilà, rendez- la-moi lorsque vous serez prêt.

Answer 25

There you go, give it back to me when you’re ready.

Question 26

Le chirurgien a rendu la vue à ma soeur en enlevant ses cataractes.

Answer 26

The surgeon gave my sister her sight back by removing her cataracts.

Question 27

Merci de l’invitation. Je vous la rends la semaine prochaine - venez vers 20 heures.

Answer 27

Thanks for the invitation. Come back to us next week - come for 8 pm.

Question 28

Fais revenir les oignons jusqu’à ce qu’ils rendent de l’eau.

Answer 28

Gently fry the onions until they sweat out the water.

This context is usually for cooking and physics while talking about liquids. The verb “rendre” here, refers to sweat or let liquid out.

Question 29

D’accord, je rends donc à ce que tu dis.

Answer 29

All right, I accept what you say ( give in to your better judgement).

Question 30

Il est toujours en train de se rendre intéressant.

Answer 30

He’s always trying to get himself noticed.

Question 31

Le toutou a encore rendu sur le carrelage.

Answer 31

The mutt has thrown up on the floor again.

Question 32

Merci, Madame. Je vous rends cinq sous.

Answer 32

Thanks, Madam. Here’s your 5 cents change.

And when it comes to buying something, you would surely hear this expression: “rendre la monnaie”. What does it mean? It’s to give change like below:

If you ditch “la monnaie”, the verb “rendre” simply indicates to give something in return.

Question 33

Ça fait quatre ans que je rends belle cette maison.

Answer 33

I’ve been renovating this house for 4 years now.

Remember the case about returning a capacity for something to someone? Well, you can do the same with things and, in this context, it entails some renovation.

Question 34

Je te rends responsable ce soir de ma voiture.

Answer 34

I am giving you responsibility for my car tonight.

The expression “rendre quelqu’un responsable” expresses the idea to give responsibility to someone.

Question 35

Je vous rends cet ordinateur car il est défectueux.

Answer 35

I’m returning this computer because it’s faulty.

Finally, still with the core definition of the verb “rendre”, we return something when it’s something is wrong with our newly bought product. Here’s an illustration of it: