Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb prêter

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb prêter, along with their English translations.

prêter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je prêtai	I lent
tu prêtas	you lent
il prêta	he lent
elle prêta	she lent
nous prêtâmes	we lent
vous prêtâtes	you lent
ils prêtèrent	they lent
elles prêtèrent	they lent

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