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Conjugation of the French verb prendre

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

prendre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
prendre	to take

Present		Scored
je prends	I take
tu prends	you take
il prend	he takes
elle prend	she takes
nous prenons	we take
vous prenez	you take
ils prennent	they take
elles prennent	they take

Imperfect		Scored
je prenais	I was taking
tu prenais	you were taking
il prenait	he was taking
elle prenait	she was taking
nous prenions	we were taking
vous preniez	you were taking
ils prenaient	they were taking
elles prenaient	they 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 pris	I took
tu pris	you took
il prit	he took
elle prit	she took
nous prîmes	we took
vous prîtes	you took
ils prirent	they took
elles prirent	they took

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

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

Future		Scored
je prendrai	I will take
tu prendras	you will take
il prendra	he will take
elle prendra	she will take
nous prendrons	we will take
vous prendrez	you will take
ils prendront	they will take
elles prendront	they will take

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

Conditional		Scored
je prendrais	I would take
tu prendrais	you would take
il prendrait	he would take
elle prendrait	she would take
nous prendrions	we would take
vous prendriez	you would take
ils prendraient	they would take
elles prendraient	they would take

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prenne	(... that) I take
(... que) tu prennes	(... that) you take
(... que) il prenne	(... that) he takes
(... que) elle prenne	(... that) she takes
(... que) nous prenions	(... that) we take
(... que) vous preniez	(... that) you take
(... que) ils prennent	(... that) they take
(... que) elles prennent	(... that) they take

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prisse	(... that) I was taking
(... que) tu prisses	(... that) you were taking
(... que) il prît	(... that) he was taking
(... que) elle prît	(... that) she was taking
(... que) nous prissions	(... that) we were taking
(... que) vous prissiez	(... that) you were taking
(... que) ils prissent	(... that) they were taking
(... que) elles prissent	(... that) they were taking

Imperative		Scored
prends	Take
prenons	Let's take
prenez	Take

Present Participle		Scored
prenant	taking

Past Participle		Scored
pris	taken

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