Traduire les temps et modes simples
French and English have a number of important differences in verb tenses and moods, which can make translating the various conjugations from one language to the other a bit tricky, as explained in the intro to this lesson: French verb conjugation translations.
Please be sure to keep all of that in mind as you look at the verb donner (to give) conjugated into every simple French verb form. I can’t list every possible translation, but this should give you a pretty good idea of how French and English verb conjugations fit together. For a more in-depth look, click the heading above any table for the detailed French lesson.
| | | Simple present | Present progressive | Present emphatic |
| je donne | | I give | I am giving | I do give |
| tu donnes | | you give | you are giving | you do give |
| il donne | | he gives | he is giving | he does give |
| elle donne | | she gives | she is giving | she does give |
| nous donnons | | we give | we are giving | we do give |
| vous donnez | | you give | you are giving | you do give |
| ils donnent | | they give | they are giving | they do give |
| | | Future | Future progressive |
| je donnerai | | I will give | I will be giving |
| tu donneras | | you will give | you will be giving |
| il donnera | | he will give | he will be giving |
| elle donnera | | she will give | she will be giving |
| nous donnerons | | we will give | we will be giving |
| vous donnerez | | you will give | you will be giving |
| ils donneront | | they will give | they will be giving |
| | | Conditional | Conditional progressive |
| je donnerais | | I would give | I would be giving |
| tu donnerais | | you would give | you would be giving |
| il donnerait | | he would give | he would be giving |
| elle donnerait | | she would give | she would be giving |
| nous donnerions | | we would give | we would be giving |
| vous donneriez | | you would give | you would be giving |
| ils donneraient | | they would give | they would be giving |
| | | Past progressive | |
| je donnais | | I was giving | I used to give |
| tu donnais | | you were giving | you used to give |
| il donnait | | he was giving | he used to give |
| elle donnait | | she was giving | she used to give |
| nous donnions | | we were giving | we used to give |
| vous donniez | | you were giving | you used to give |
| ils donnaient | | they were giving | they used to give |
| | | Present / Subjunctive | Progressive |
| que je donne | | that I give | that I am (be) giving |
| que tu donnes | | that you give | that you are (be) giving |
| qu’il donne | | that he gives | that he is (be) giving |
| qu’elle donne | | that she gives | that she is (be) giving |
| que nous donnions | | that we give | that we are (be) giving |
| que vous donniez | | that you give | that you are (be) giving |
| qu’ils donnent | | that they give | that they are (be) giving |
| | | Simple past | Past emphatic |
| je donnai | | I gave | I did give |
| tu donnas | | you gave | you did give |
| il donna | | he gave | he did give |
| elle donna | | she gave | she did give |
| nous donnâmes | | we gave | we did give |
| vous donnâtes | | you gave | you did give |
| ils donnèrent | | they gave | they did give |
| | | Simple past | Past progressive |
| que je donnasse | | that I gave | that I was giving |
| que tu donnasses | | that you gave | that you were giving |
| qu’il donnât | | that he gave | that he was giving |
| qu’elle donnât | | that she gave | that she was giving |
| que nous donnâmes | | that we gave | that we were giving |
| que vous donnâtes | | that you gave | that you were giving |
| qu’ils donnèrent | | that they giae | that they were giving |
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