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FRENCH VERB

dater

to date from

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: daté
  • Present participle: datant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I date from
  2. tu you date from
  3. il, elle, on he/she dates from
  4. nous we date from
  5. vous you date from
  6. ils, elles they date from

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I dated from
  2. tu you dated from
  3. il, elle, on he/she dated from
  4. nous we dated from
  5. vous you dated from
  6. ils, elles they dated from

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to date from
  2. tu you used to date from
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to date from
  4. nous we used to date from
  5. vous you used to date from
  6. ils, elles they used to date from

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will date from
  2. tu you will date from
  3. il, elle, on he/she will date from
  4. nous we will date from
  5. vous you will date from
  6. ils, elles they will date from

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would date from
  2. tu you would date from
  3. il, elle, on he/she would date from
  4. nous we would date from
  5. vous you would date from
  6. ils, elles they would date from

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I date from
  2. tu (that) you date from
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she date from
  4. nous (that) we date from
  5. vous (that) you date from
  6. ils, elles (that) they date from

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu date from!
  2. nous date from! (let’s)
  3. vous date from! (plural, or formal)

How to use dater

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Cette église date du douzième siècle.

    This church dates from the twelfth century.

  2. Past

    Le notaire a daté l'acte d'hier.

    The notary dated the deed yesterday.

  3. Imperfect

    La dernière facture datait de janvier.

    The last bill dated from January.

  4. Future

    Le contrat datera du premier du mois.

    The contract will be dated the first of the month.

  5. Conditional

    D'après lui, le pont daterait des Romains.

    According to him, the bridge would date from Roman times.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je doute que ce meuble date de grand-père.

    I doubt this piece of furniture dates from grandfather's time.

  7. Imperative

    Datez et signez en bas de la page.

    Date and sign at the bottom of the page.

Good to know

  • Dater de says when something is from : la maison date de 1850; ça ne date pas d'hier means it's nothing new.
  • Dater une lettre, un chèque is to write the date on it.

Where you hear dater

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Advanced Level 2

  • La maison date de mille huit cent cinquante. The house dates from eighteen fifty.
  • La facture datait de quatre mois. The bill was four months old.
  • L'acte datera du jour de la signature. The deed will be dated the day of the signing.
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Visiting the Stone House

Advanced Level 2 · Voilà la maison. Elle date de mille huit cent cinquante, et elle n'a pas bougé depuis. · Elle date de mille huit cent cinquante.

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Changing Address

Advanced Level 2 · Elle date de quand, la facture ? · J'ai l'acte de vente de la maison. Il date de six semaines.

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