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FRENCH VERB

déjeuner

to have lunch

  • #141 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: déjeuné
  • Present participle: déjeunant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use déjeuner

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

  1. Present

    Je déjeune avec Julien à midi et demi.

    I'm having lunch with Julien at half past twelve.

  2. Past

    On a déjeuné sur la terrasse, il faisait beau.

    We had lunch on the terrace, the weather was nice.

  3. Imperfect

    Au bureau, on déjeunait toujours ensemble.

    At the office, we always had lunch together.

  4. Future

    Je déjeunerai plus tard, j'ai une réunion.

    I'll have lunch later, I've got a meeting.

  5. Conditional

    On déjeunerait dehors, s'il ne pleuvait pas.

    We'd have lunch outside if it weren't raining.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut qu'on déjeune vite, le film est à quatorze heures.

    We need a quick lunch, the film is at two.

  7. Imperative

    Déjeune bien, la journée va être longue.

    Have a good lunch, it's going to be a long day.

Good to know

  • In France, le déjeuner is lunch; breakfast is le petit-déjeuner.

Where you hear déjeuner

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

French · Beginner Level 2

  • Je déjeune à midi. I have lunch at noon.
  • On a déjeuné dans la salle des profs. We had lunch in the staff room.
  • On va déjeuner chez mes parents. We're going to have lunch at my parents'.
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Beginner Level 2 · je déjeune · tu déjeunes

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