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[opaque geyser]

aller means to go somewhere

revenir and retourner depends on where you're going
revenir means going to the place where you are right now whereas retourner means going to the place where you're not at

Say it's a Sunday and you've just gone back to a market you frequent a lot

Revenir would mean you going somewhere and then going back to the market since before you were at the market and you went back to the market
Retourner would mean you going somewhere but not going back to the market, maybe some place else like your home or some other place you've once gone into

Rentrer is often used for revenir but mostly for your home, be it your literal home like your house or more abstract like your country or your town you grew up in

Entrer means going into a place

[fickle osprey]

alright thank you

my confusion happened since in a film it said: "C'est impressionnant, quand on rentre dedans, on entend un moustique voler."

[opaque geyser]

Rentrer is technically entrer but reduplicated but I would say that rentrer's more used for that sense of coming home

[fickle osprey]

and they were tlaking about art museum

[opaque geyser]

In daily use though, Francophones tend to use « rentrer » when they mean « entrer »

[fickle osprey]

ahhhh

[opaque geyser]

I wouldn't say always but it does happen

[fickle osprey]

alr i see

[uncut knoll]

they mainly use rentrer yes

[long grail]

You use revenir twice

[opaque geyser]

Ah shit yeah thanks for that

[opaque geyser]

@fickle osprey Second one is retourner not revenir

[fickle osprey]

yeah i thought so