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FRENCH VERB

grandir

to grow up

  • #230 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Past participle: grandi
  • Present participle: grandissant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use grandir

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

  1. Present

    Les enfants grandissent tellement vite !

    Children grow up so fast!

  2. Past

    Il a grandi de cinq centimètres cette année.

    He's grown five centimetres this year.

  3. Imperfect

    Je grandissais à la campagne, loin de tout.

    I was growing up in the countryside, far from everything.

  4. Future

    Elle grandira avec deux langues à la maison.

    She'll grow up with two languages at home.

  5. Conditional

    La plante grandirait mieux près de la fenêtre.

    The plant would grow better near the window.

  6. Present subjunctive

    J'attends qu'il grandisse un peu pour le vélo.

    I'm waiting for him to grow a bit for the bike.

  7. Imperative

    Grandis un peu, tu n'as plus dix ans !

    Grow up a bit, you're not ten anymore!

Good to know

  • Grandir is to grow taller or to grow up; a child who has shot up a bien grandi.

Where you hear grandir

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

French · Beginner Level 3

  • Léo grandit vite ! Leo is growing fast!
  • Comme tu as grandi ! How you've grown!
  • Il va encore grandir. He's going to grow even more.
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Mamie Jeanne

Beginner Level 3 · grandi

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