Présent
- je prends
- tu prends
- il/elle prend
- nous prenons
- vous prenez
- ils/elles prennent
prendre is the French verb for “to take”. It is an irregular verb. Its compound tenses, such as the passé composé, take the auxiliary avoir, and its participe passé is pris.
In the présent: je prends, tu prends, il/elle prend, nous prenons, vous prenez, ils/elles prennent.
Practise prendre
Question 1 of 5
prendre · Présent
Je le bus tous les matins.
I take the bus every morning.
prendre · Présent
En ce moment, nous le petit-déjeuner sur le balcon.
Right now we're having breakfast on the balcony.
prendre · Passé composé
Le chien ma chaussure la nuit dernière.
The dog took my shoe last night.
prendre · Présent
Les voisins leur café dehors, d'habitude.
The neighbours usually have their coffee outside.
prendre · Passé composé
Vous un taxi lundi dernier ?
Did you take a taxi last Monday?
The sentences Conjupi asks you to complete for this verb, with the conjugated form in red.
Complete these sentences yourself, one person at a time. The forms you miss come back until they stick, and the app reads every sentence aloud.