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Verb

donner

to give

Auxiliary: avoir

Donner is a regular -er verb. It appears in many idioms: 'donner sur' (to look out onto), 'donner lieu à' (to give rise to), 'donner un coup de main' (to lend a hand).

Je donne un cadeau à mon ami.

I give a present to my friend.

Indicatif

Présent

Present

je donne
I give

Je donne des cours de piano.

I give piano lessons.

tu donnes
you give

Tu donnes toujours de bons conseils.

You always give good advice.

il/elle donne
he/she gives

Ma chambre donne sur la mer.

My room looks out onto the sea.

nous donnons
we give

Nous donnons notre accord.

We give our consent.

vous donnez
you give

Vous donnez trop d'importance à ça.

You give too much importance to that.

ils/elles donnent
they give

Les arbres donnent de l'ombre.

The trees give shade.

Imparfait

Imperfect

je donnais
I gave / used to give

Je donnais toujours à manger aux oiseaux.

I always used to feed the birds.

tu donnais
you gave

Tu donnais tout sans rien attendre.

You gave everything expecting nothing.

il/elle donnait
he/she gave

Elle donnait des bonbons aux enfants.

She used to give sweets to the children.

nous donnions
we gave

Nous donnions une fête chaque été.

We used to throw a party every summer.

vous donniez
you gave

Vous donniez de votre temps aux autres.

You used to give your time to others.

ils/elles donnaient
they gave

Ils donnaient des concerts gratuits.

They used to give free concerts.

Passé composé

Present Perfect

je ai donné
I gave / have given

Je lui ai donné mon numéro.

I gave him my number.

tu as donné
you gave

Tu as donné ta parole.

You gave your word.

il/elle a donné
he/she gave

Elle a donné sa démission.

She handed in her resignation.

nous avons donné
we gave

Nous avons donné tous nos vieux livres.

We gave away all our old books.

vous avez donné
you gave

Vous avez donné le meilleur de vous-mêmes.

You gave the best of yourselves.

ils/elles ont donné
they gave

Ils ont donné beaucoup d'argent à l'association.

They gave a lot of money to the charity.

Plus-que-parfait

Past Perfect

je avais donné
I had given

Je lui avais donné rendez-vous à midi.

I had arranged to meet him at noon.

tu avais donné
you had given

Tu avais donné ton accord la veille.

You had given your consent the day before.

il/elle avait donné
he/she had given

Elle avait donné toutes ses économies.

She had given all her savings.

nous avions donné
we had given

Nous avions donné le ton dès le début.

We had set the tone from the start.

vous aviez donné
you had given

Vous aviez donné des instructions claires.

You had given clear instructions.

ils/elles avaient donné
they had given

Ils avaient donné leur maison à leurs enfants.

They had given their house to their children.

Futur simple

Future

je donnerai
I will give

Je te donnerai une réponse demain.

I will give you an answer tomorrow.

tu donneras
you will give

Tu donneras à manger au chat ?

Will you feed the cat?

il/elle donnera
he/she will give

Le professeur donnera les résultats lundi.

The teacher will give the results on Monday.

nous donnerons
we will give

Nous donnerons une conférence en mai.

We will give a lecture in May.

vous donnerez
you will give

Vous nous donnerez de vos nouvelles ?

Will you let us hear from you?

ils/elles donneront
they will give

Ils donneront leur avis plus tard.

They will give their opinion later.

Conditionnel

Conditionnel présent

Conditional

je donnerais
I would give

Je donnerais tout pour la revoir.

I would give anything to see her again.

tu donnerais
you would give

Tu me donnerais un coup de main ?

Would you give me a hand?

il/elle donnerait
he/she would give

Elle donnerait son avis si on le lui demandait.

She would give her opinion if she were asked.

nous donnerions
we would give

Nous donnerions plus si nous le pouvions.

We would give more if we could.

vous donneriez
you would give

Vous nous donneriez un peu plus de temps ?

Would you give us a little more time?

ils/elles donneraient
they would give

Ils donneraient cher pour connaître la vérité.

They would give a lot to know the truth.

Subjonctif

Subjonctif présent

Present Subjunctive

je donne
(that) I give

Il veut que je donne l'exemple.

He wants me to set the example.

tu donnes
(that) you give

J'attends que tu donnes ta réponse.

I'm waiting for you to give your answer.

il/elle donne
(that) he/she give

Il faut qu'elle donne son consentement.

She has to give her consent.

nous donnions
(that) we give

Elle souhaite que nous donnions davantage.

She wishes that we give more.

vous donniez
(that) you give

Il est important que vous donniez le bon exemple.

It is important that you set a good example.

ils/elles donnent
(that) they give

J'aimerais qu'ils donnent une chance au projet.

I would like them to give the project a chance.

Impératif

Impératif

Imperative

tu donne
give!

Donne-moi la main.

Give me your hand.

nous donnons
let's give

Donnons-lui une seconde chance.

Let's give him a second chance.

vous donnez
give!

Donnez-moi votre adresse, s'il vous plaît.

Give me your address, please.

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