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Conjugation of the French verb donner

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb donner, along with their English translations.

donner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
donner	to give

Present		Scored
je donne	I give
tu donnes	you give
il donne	he gives
elle donne	she gives
nous donnons	we give
vous donnez	you give
ils donnent	they give
elles donnent	they give

Imperfect		Scored
je donnais	I was giving
tu donnais	you were giving
il donnait	he was giving
elle donnait	she was giving
nous donnions	we were giving
vous donniez	you were giving
ils donnaient	they were giving
elles donnaient	they were giving

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 donnai	I gave
tu donnas	you gave
il donna	he gave
elle donna	she gave
nous donnâmes	we gave
vous donnâtes	you gave
ils donnèrent	they gave
elles donnèrent	they gave

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai donné	I gave
tu as donné	you gave
il a donné	he gave
elle a donné	she gave
nous avons donné	we gave
vous avez donné	you gave
ils ont donné	they gave
elles ont donné	they gave

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais donné	I had given
tu avais donné	you had given
il avait donné	he had given
elle avait donné	she had given
nous avions donné	we had given
vous aviez donné	you had given
ils avaient donné	they had given
elles avaient donné	they had given

Future		Scored
je donnerai	I will give
tu donneras	you will give
il donnera	he will give
elle donnera	she will give
nous donnerons	we will give
vous donnerez	you will give
ils donneront	they will give
elles donneront	they will give

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai donné	I will have given
tu auras donné	you will have given
il aura donné	he will have given
elle aura donné	she will have given
nous aurons donné	we will have given
vous aurez donné	you will have given
ils auront donné	they will have given
elles auront donné	they will have given

Conditional		Scored
je donnerais	I would give
tu donnerais	you would give
il donnerait	he would give
elle donnerait	she would give
nous donnerions	we would give
vous donneriez	you would give
ils donneraient	they would give
elles donneraient	they would give

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais donné	I would have given
tu aurais donné	you would have given
il aurait donné	he would have given
elle aurait donné	she would have given
nous aurions donné	we would have given
vous auriez donné	you would have given
ils auraient donné	they would have given
elles auraient donné	they would have given

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je donne	(... that) I give
(... que) tu donnes	(... that) you give
(... que) il donne	(... that) he gives
(... que) elle donne	(... that) she gives
(... que) nous donnions	(... that) we give
(... que) vous donniez	(... that) you give
(... que) ils donnent	(... that) they give
(... que) elles donnent	(... that) they give

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je donnasse	(... that) I was giving
(... que) tu donnasses	(... that) you were giving
(... que) il donnât	(... that) he was giving
(... que) elle donnât	(... that) she was giving
(... que) nous donnassions	(... that) we were giving
(... que) vous donnassiez	(... that) you were giving
(... que) ils donnassent	(... that) they were giving
(... que) elles donnassent	(... that) they were giving

Imperative		Scored
donne	Give
donnons	Let's give
donnez	Give

Present Participle		Scored
donnant	giving

Past Participle		Scored
donné	given

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