Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Simple Déjeuner French Verb Conjugations
Simple Dà ©jeuner French Verb Conjugations A single French verb,à dà ©jeuner,à is used to say to have lunch. Its a very specific word and identical to the noun for lunch,à le dà ©jeuner.à Learning how to transform, or conjugate, the verb into the past, present, or future tense is rather simple as this quick lesson will demonstrate. Conjugating the French Verbà Dà ©jeuner In English, we use -ed and -ing endings to conjugate verbs. Thingsà are a little more complex in French because we need to use a new ending for every subject pronoun within each tense. That means you have more than just a few words to memorize. Dont worry, though,à dà ©jeunerà is aà regular -ER verbà and that makes conjugating it just a little easier. This is particularly true if youve already memorized similar verbs such asà cuisiner (to cook)à andà demander (to ask).à To conjugateà dà ©jeuner, pair the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense. For example, I am having lunch is je dà ©jeune and we will have lunch is nous dà ©jeunerons. Practice these in context and youll be one step closer to memorizing all the forms. Subject Present Future Imperfect je djeune djeunerai djeunais tu djeunes djeuneras djeunais il djeune djeunera djeunait nous djeunons djeunerons djeunions vous djeunez djeunerez djeuniez ils djeunent djeuneront djeunaient The Present Participle ofà Dà ©jeuner Theà present participleà of dà ©jeunerà isà dà ©jeunant. Its as simple as adding -antà to the verb stem. Beyond its use as a verb, it can also become an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà ©Ã Theà passà © composà ©Ã is a common way to express the past tense had lunch in French and its an alternative to the imperfect. To construct this, conjugate theà auxiliary verbà avoirà to fit the subject pronoun, then add theà past participleà dà ©jeunà ©. For example, I had lunch is jai dà ©jeunà © while we had lunch is nous avons dà ©jeunà ©. More Simpleà Dà ©jeunerà Conjugations You may also find one of the following forms ofà dà ©jeunerà useful as your fluency progresses. The subjunctive verb mood implies some sort of uncertainty to the action. Similarly, the conditional form says that the action will only take placeà ifà something else does. In literature and formal writing, the passà © simple or the imperfect subjunctive may be found. You might not use these yourself, but knowing of them will help your French reading comprehension. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je djeune djeunerais djeunai djeunasse tu djeunes djeunerais djeunas djeunasses il djeune djeunerait djeuna djeunt nous djeunions djeunerions djeunmes djeunassions vous djeuniez djeuneriez djeuntes djeunassiez ils djeunent djeuneraient djeunrent djeunassent The imperative verb form is extremely easy and its used with just three subject pronouns. However, you do not have to include the pronoun itself: use dà ©jeune alone rather than tu dà ©jeune. Imperative (tu) djeune (nous) djeunons (vous) djeunez
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