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Conjugation of the French verb vendre

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

vendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
vendre	to sell

Present		Scored
je vends	I sell
tu vends	you sell
il vend	he sells
elle vend	she sells
nous vendons	we sell
vous vendez	you sell
ils vendent	they sell
elles vendent	they sell

Imperfect		Scored
je vendais	I was selling
tu vendais	you were selling
il vendait	he was selling
elle vendait	she was selling
nous vendions	we were selling
vous vendiez	you were selling
ils vendaient	they were selling
elles vendaient	they were selling

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 vendis	I sold
tu vendis	you sold
il vendit	he sold
elle vendit	she sold
nous vendîmes	we sold
vous vendîtes	you sold
ils vendirent	they sold
elles vendirent	they sold

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

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

Future		Scored
je vendrai	I will sell
tu vendras	you will sell
il vendra	he will sell
elle vendra	she will sell
nous vendrons	we will sell
vous vendrez	you will sell
ils vendront	they will sell
elles vendront	they will sell

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

Conditional		Scored
je vendrais	I would sell
tu vendrais	you would sell
il vendrait	he would sell
elle vendrait	she would sell
nous vendrions	we would sell
vous vendriez	you would sell
ils vendraient	they would sell
elles vendraient	they would sell

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je vende	(... that) I sell
(... que) tu vendes	(... that) you sell
(... que) il vende	(... that) he sells
(... que) elle vende	(... that) she sells
(... que) nous vendions	(... that) we sell
(... que) vous vendiez	(... that) you sell
(... que) ils vendent	(... that) they sell
(... que) elles vendent	(... that) they sell

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je vendisse	(... that) I was selling
(... que) tu vendisses	(... that) you were selling
(... que) il vendît	(... that) he was selling
(... que) elle vendît	(... that) she was selling
(... que) nous vendissions	(... that) we were selling
(... que) vous vendissiez	(... that) you were selling
(... que) ils vendissent	(... that) they were selling
(... que) elles vendissent	(... that) they were selling

Imperative		Scored
vends	Sell
vendons	Let's sell
vendez	Sell

Present Participle		Scored
vendant	selling

Past Participle		Scored
vendu	sold

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