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 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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