The French for borrow is the verb emprunter

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French for borrow is the regular ER verb emprunter, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb emprunter - French for borrow

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of emprunter, which is French for borrow.

• I borrow.
• you borrowed.
• he will borrow.
• we would borrow.
• they may borrow.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for emprunter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE emprunter
Simple Tenses emprunter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent borrow	emprunte	empruntes	emprunte	empruntons	empruntez	empruntent
Past Imperfect Imparfait borrowed	empruntais	empruntais	empruntait	empruntions	empruntiez	empruntaient
Simple Past Passé Simple borrowed	empruntai	empruntas	emprunta	empruntâmes	empruntâtes	empruntèrent
Future Futur will borrow	emprunterai	emprunteras	empruntera	emprunterons	emprunterez	emprunteront
Conditional Conditionnel would borrow	emprunterais	emprunterais	emprunterait	emprunterions	emprunteriez	emprunteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may borrow	emprunte	empruntes	emprunte	empruntions	empruntiez	empruntent
Compound Tenses emprunter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have borrowed	ai emprunté	as emprunté	a emprunté	avons emprunté	avez emprunté	ont emprunté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had borrowed	avais emprunté	avais emprunté	avait emprunté	avions emprunté	aviez emprunté	avaient emprunté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai emprunté	auras emprunté	aura emprunté	aurons emprunté	aurez emprunté	auront emprunté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have borrowed	aurais emprunté	aurais emprunté	aurait emprunté	aurions emprunté	auriez emprunté	auraient emprunté
Imperative Imperatif borrow!		emprunte		empruntons	empruntez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of emprunter the French for borrow
présent de l’indicatif

j’emprunte
- I borrow
tu empruntes
- you borrow - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprunte
- he, she, it, one borrows
nous empruntons
- we borrow
vous empruntez
- you borrow (formal or plural)
ils, elles empruntent
- they borrow

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’empruntais
- I borrowed
- I was borrowing
tu empruntais
- you borrowed- (familiar or informal)
- you were borrowing
il, elle, on empruntait
- he, she, it, one borrowed
- he, she, it, one was borrowing
nous empruntions
- we borrowed
- we were borrowing
vous empruntiez
- you borrowed- (formal or plural)
- you were borrowing
ils, elles empruntaient
- they borrowed
- they were borrowing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
passé simple

j’empruntai
- I borrowed
tu empruntas
- you borrowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprunta
- he, she, it, one borrowed
nous empruntâmes
- we borrowed
vous empruntâtes
- you borrowed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles empruntèrent
they borrowed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
futur

j’emprunterai
- I will borrow
tu emprunteras
- you will borrow (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empruntera
- he, she, it, one will borrow
nous emprunterons
- we will borrow
vous emprunterez
- you will borrow (formal or plural)
ils, elles emprunteront
- they will borrow

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Conditional Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
conditionnel

j’emprunterais
- I would borrow
tu emprunterais
- you would borrow (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprunterait
- he, she, it, one would borrow
nous emprunterions
- we would borrow
vous emprunteriez
- you would borrow (formal or plural)
ils, elles emprunteraient
- they would borrow

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
présent de subjonctif

que j’emprunte
- that I may borrow
que tu empruntes
- that you may borrow(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on emprunte
- that he, she, it, one may borrow
que nous empruntions
- that we may borrow
que vous empruntiez
- that you may borrow(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles empruntent
- that they may borrow

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb emprunter - the verb ‘to borrow’ in French

Past Participle of emprunter is:
emprunté -borrowed.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have borrowed
• you had borrowed
• he will have borrowed
• we would have borrowed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of emprunter - French for borrow
passé composé

Here’s the French for borrow conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai emprunté
- I have borrowed or I did borrow or
- I borrowed
tu as emprunté
- you have borrowed or you did borrow - (familiar or informal) or
- you borrowed
il, elle, on a emprunté
- he, she, it, one has borrow or did borrow
- he, she, it borrowed
nous avons emprunté
- we have borrowed or we did borrow
- we borrowed
vous avez emprunté
- you have borrowed or you did borrow (formal or plural) or
- or we borrowed
ils, elles ont emprunté
- they have borrowed or they did borrow
- they borrowed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of emprunter - borrow in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -borrow conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais emprunté
- I had borrowed
tu avais emprunté
- you had borrowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait emprunté
- he, she, it, one had borrowed
nous avions emprunté
- we had borrowed
vous aviez emprunté
- you had borrowed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient emprunté
- they had borrowed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
futur antérieur

j’aurai emprunté
- I will have
tu auras emprunté
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura emprunté
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons emprunté
- we will have
vous aurez emprunté
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront emprunté
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
conditionnel passé

j’aurais emprunté
- I would have borrowed
tu aurais emprunté
- you would have borrowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait emprunté
- he, she, it, one would have borrowed
nous aurions emprunté
- we would have borrowed
vous auriez emprunté
- you would have borrowed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient emprunté
- they would have borrowed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of emprunter, the French for borrow
impératif

emprunte
- borrow!
empruntons
- let’s borrow!
empruntez
- borrow!

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Present Participle of emprunter

empruntant - borrowing

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