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The French verb prendre, which commonly means "to take," is a frequently used and very flexible irregular French -re verb . The good news is that prendre can help you learn similar verbs.
In this article you can find the different meanings and the most frequently used prendre conjugations: the present, present progressive, compound past, imperfect, simple future, near future indicative, the conditional, the present subjunctive, as well as the imperative and the gerund of prendre. There are other verb tenses for prendre , but they are not used as frequently. For example, the passé simple and imperfect subjunctive are formal and most often found in writing.
There are patterns for irregular French -re verbs, and prendre is in one of those groups. In fact, all verbs ending in the root word -prendre are conjugated the same way. These verbs drop the "d" in all three plural forms and take a double "n" in the third person plural.
This means that after you learn the conjugations for prendre , you can apply what you learned to conjugate these other verbs:
The verb prendre usually means "to take," both literally and figuratively.
Prendre is such a flexible verb that it can change meanings based on the context. The following is a list of some of the uses of prendre, although there are many more.
Prendre can mean "to come over" or "to strike":
Prendre may also mean "to catch" in instances such as:
There are times when prendre will take on the meaning of "to take in," "to dupe," or "to fool":
You may also use prendre when you want to say "to handle" or "to deal with":
One of your options for saying "to set" is a form of prendre :
When you want to say "to do well," "to catch on," or "to be successful" you can also turn to prendre :
Sometimes, prendre can even mean "to catch" or "to start":
Finally , prendre can also mean "to pick up" or "to fetch," especially when used with another verb:
The pronominal se prendre has several meanings as well.
You may also use s'en prendre à , which means "to blame," "to challenge," or "to attack":
Similarly, the construction s'y prendre à means "to do something about it":
There are many idiomatic expressions using the French verb prendre. Among the most common are these which you can use to practice your prendre conjugations.
The present progressive in French is formed with the present tense conjugation of the verb être (to be) + en train de + the infinitive verb ( prendre ).
The passé composé is translated to English as the simple past. It is formed using the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle pris. For example, "we took" is nous avons pris .
The imperfect tense is used to talk about ongoing events or repeated actions in the past. It can be translated to English as "was taking" or "used to take".
The near future is translated to English as "going to + verb. In French it is formed with the present tense conjugation of the verb aller (to go) + the infinitive ( prendre ).
The conditional is used to talk about hypothetical or possible events. It can be used to form if clauses or to express a polite request.
You will use the subjunctive whenever the action of "taking" is uncertain.
When using prendre in the imperative to express a command, you do not need to state the subject pronoun. For instance, use prends rather than tu prends . To form the negative commands, simply place ne...pas around the positive command.
The present participle in French has several different uses. One of them is to form the gerund (usually preceded by the preposition en ), which is often used to talk about simultaneous actions.
Je prends le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
I have breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Tu prends le train pour aller travailler.
Elle prend un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
She has a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Nous prenons beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
We take many photos during the trip.
Vous prenez le livre de la bibliothèque.
You take the book from the library.
Je suis en train de prendre le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
I am having breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Tu es en train de prendre le train pour aller travailler.
You are taking the train to go to work.
Elle est en train de prendre un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
She is having a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Nous sommes en train de prendre beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
We are taking many photos during the trip.
Vous êtes en train de prendre le livre de la bibliothèque.
You are taking the book from the library.
Ils sont en train de prendre des notes en classe.
J'ai pris le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
I had breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Tu as pris le train pour aller travailler.
Elle a pris un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
She had a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Nous avons pris beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
We took many photos during the trip.
Vous avez pris le livre de la bibliothèque.
You took the book from the library.
Je prenais le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
I used to eat breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Tu prenais le train pour aller travailler.
You used to take the train to go to work.
Elle prenait un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
She used to have a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Nous prenions beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
We used to take many photos during the trip.
Vous preniez le livre de la bibliothèque.
You used to take the book from the library.
Je prendrai le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
I will eat breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Tu prendras le train pour aller travailler.
You will take the train to go to work.
Elle prendra un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
She will have a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Nous prendrons beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
We will take many photos during the trip.
Vous prendrez le livre de la bibliothèque.
You will take the book from the library.
Je vais prendre le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
I am going to eat breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Tu vas prendre le train pour aller travailler.
You are going to take the train to go to work.
Elle va prendre un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
She is going to have a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Nous allons prendre beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
We are going to take many photos during the trip.
Vous allez prendre le livre de la bibliothèque.
You are going to take the book from the library.
Ils vont prendre des notes en classe.
They are going to take notes in class.
Je prendrais le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin si j'avais le temps.
I would eat breakfast at 7 in the morning if I had the time.
Tu prendrais le train pour aller travailler si c'était moins coûteux.
You would take the train to go to work if it were less expensive.
Elle prendrait un verre de vin à la fin de la journée si elle n'était trop fatiguée.
She would have a glass of wine at the end of the day if she were not too tired.
Nous prendrions beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage si nous avions une bonne caméra.
We would take many photos during the trip if we had a good camera.
Vous prendriez le livre de la bibliothèque si vous le vouliez.
You would take the book from the library if you wanted it.
Ils prendraient des notes en classe s'ils pouvaient.
They would take notes in class if they could.
Marie propose que je prenne le petit déjeuner à 7 heures du matin.
Marie proposes that I eat breakfast at 7 in the morning.
Jacques suggère que tu prennes le train pour aller travailler.
Jacques suggests that you take the train to go to work.
Anne conseille qu'elle prenne un verre de vin à la fin de la journée.
Anne advises that she have a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Notre mère exige que nous prenions beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage.
Our mother demands that we take many photos during the trip.
Laurent préfère que vous preniez le livre de la bibliothèque.
Laurent prefers that you take the book from the library.
Le professeur souhaite qu'ils prennent des notes en classe.
The professor wishes that they take notes in class.
Prends le train pour aller travailler !
Prenons beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage !
Let's take many photos during the trip!
Preniez le livre de la bibliothèque !
Ne prends pas le train pour aller travailler !
Don't take the train to go to work!
Ne prenons pas beaucoup de photos pendant le voyage !
Let's not take many photos during the trip!
Ne preniez pas le livre de la bibliothèque !
Don't take the book from the library!
Present participle/gerund of Prendre
Je t'ai vu en prenant mon petit déjeuner.
I saw you while I was eating my breakfast.
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