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FRENCH VERB

financer

to fund

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: financé
  • Present participle: finançant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use financer

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

  1. Present

    La commune finance la cantine à moitié.

    The council funds half of the canteen.

  2. Past

    Qui a financé la nouvelle salle des fêtes ?

    Who funded the new village hall?

  3. Imperfect

    Ses parents finançaient ses études à Lyon.

    Her parents funded her studies in Lyon.

  4. Future

    La région financera les travaux cet été.

    The region will fund the works this summer.

  5. Conditional

    La banque financerait la moitié du projet.

    The bank would fund half the project.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que l'État finance ces classes supplémentaires.

    The State has to fund these extra classes.

  7. Imperative

    Financez d'abord le toit, le reste attendra.

    Fund the roof first, the rest will wait.

Good to know

  • Financer un projet, des travaux; se financer is to fund oneself : l'association se finance par les dons.

Where you hear financer

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

French · Fluency Level 2

  • La commune finance une salle de classe. The council is funding a classroom.
  • Les parents ont financé la banderole. The parents funded the banner.
  • La commune financera les travaux cet été. The council will fund the works this summer.
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The Council Votes

Fluency Level 2 · La commune financera une salle de classe supplémentaire.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.