Saturday, November 23, 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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