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Conjugation of the French verb emprunter

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

emprunter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
emprunter	to borrow

Present		Scored
j'emprunte	I borrow
tu empruntes	you borrow
il emprunte	he borrows
elle emprunte	she borrows
nous empruntons	we borrow
vous empruntez	you borrow
ils empruntent	they borrow
elles empruntent	they borrow

Imperfect		Scored
j'empruntais	I was borrowing
tu empruntais	you were borrowing
il empruntait	he was borrowing
elle empruntait	she was borrowing
nous empruntions	we were borrowing
vous empruntiez	you were borrowing
ils empruntaient	they were borrowing
elles empruntaient	they were borrowing

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
j'empruntai	I borrowed
tu empruntas	you borrowed
il emprunta	he borrowed
elle emprunta	she borrowed
nous empruntâmes	we borrowed
vous empruntâtes	you borrowed
ils empruntèrent	they borrowed
elles empruntèrent	they borrowed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'emprunterai	I will borrow
tu emprunteras	you will borrow
il empruntera	he will borrow
elle empruntera	she will borrow
nous emprunterons	we will borrow
vous emprunterez	you will borrow
ils emprunteront	they will borrow
elles emprunteront	they will borrow

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 emprunté	I will have borrowed
tu auras emprunté	you will have borrowed
il aura emprunté	he will have borrowed
elle aura emprunté	she will have borrowed
nous aurons emprunté	we will have borrowed
vous aurez emprunté	you will have borrowed
ils auront emprunté	they will have borrowed
elles auront emprunté	they will have borrowed

Conditional		Scored
j'emprunterais	I would borrow
tu emprunterais	you would borrow
il emprunterait	he would borrow
elle emprunterait	she would borrow
nous emprunterions	we would borrow
vous emprunteriez	you would borrow
ils emprunteraient	they would borrow
elles emprunteraient	they would borrow

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 emprunté	I would have borrowed
tu aurais emprunté	you would have borrowed
il aurait emprunté	he would have borrowed
elle aurait emprunté	she would have borrowed
nous aurions emprunté	we would have borrowed
vous auriez emprunté	you would have borrowed
ils auraient emprunté	they would have borrowed
elles auraient emprunté	they would have borrowed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'emprunte	(... that) I borrow
(... que) tu empruntes	(... that) you borrow
(... que) il emprunte	(... that) he borrows
(... que) elle emprunte	(... that) she borrows
(... que) nous empruntions	(... that) we borrow
(... que) vous empruntiez	(... that) you borrow
(... que) ils empruntent	(... that) they borrow
(... que) elles empruntent	(... that) they borrow

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'empruntasse	(... that) I was borrowing
(... que) tu empruntasses	(... that) you were borrowing
(... que) il empruntât	(... that) he was borrowing
(... que) elle empruntât	(... that) she was borrowing
(... que) nous empruntassions	(... that) we were borrowing
(... que) vous empruntassiez	(... that) you were borrowing
(... que) ils empruntassent	(... that) they were borrowing
(... que) elles empruntassent	(... that) they were borrowing

Imperative		Scored
emprunte	Borrow
empruntons	Let's borrow
empruntez	Borrow

Present Participle		Scored
empruntant	borrowing

Past Participle		Scored
emprunté	borrowed

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