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Past of the French verb prendre

The past tense conjugations for the French verb prendre, along with their English translations.

prendre is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je prenaisI was taking
tu prenaisyou were taking
il prenaithe was taking
elle prenaitshe was taking
nous prenionswe were taking
vous preniezyou were taking
ils prenaientthey were taking
elles prenaientthey were taking

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 prisI took
tu prisyou took
il prithe took
elle pritshe took
nous prîmeswe took
vous prîtesyou took
ils prirentthey took
elles prirentthey took

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai prisI have taken
tu as prisyou have taken
il a prishe has taken
elle a prisshe has taken
nous avons priswe have taken
vous avez prisyou have taken
ils ont pristhey have taken
elles ont pristhey have taken

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