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FRENCH VERB

petit-déjeuner

to have breakfast

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

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use petit-déjeuner

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

  1. Present

    Je petit-déjeune toujours sur le balcon en été.

    I always have breakfast on the balcony in summer.

  2. Past

    On a petit-déjeuné à l'hôtel, c'était compris.

    We had breakfast at the hotel, it was included.

  3. Imperfect

    Quand j'étais étudiante, je ne petit-déjeunais jamais.

    When I was a student, I never had breakfast.

  4. Future

    Demain, on petit-déjeunera tôt pour prendre le train.

    Tomorrow we'll have breakfast early to catch the train.

  5. Conditional

    Vous petit-déjeuneriez dans la chambre ou en bas ?

    Would you have breakfast in your room or downstairs?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il ne faut pas que tu petit-déjeunes avant ta prise de sang.

    You mustn't have breakfast before your blood test.

  7. Imperative

    Petit-déjeunez sans moi, je dors encore un peu.

    Have breakfast without me, I'm sleeping a bit longer.

Good to know

  • Prendre le petit-déjeuner is said more often than the verb petit-déjeuner.

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