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FRENCH VERB

planter

to crash, of a computer

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: planté
  • Present participle: plantant

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use planter

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

  1. Present

    Mon ordinateur plante dès que j'ouvre deux fenêtres.

    My computer crashes as soon as I open two windows.

  2. Past

    L'application a planté en plein paiement.

    The app crashed right in the middle of paying.

  3. Imperfect

    Le vieux site plantait tous les lundis matin.

    The old website used to crash every Monday morning.

  4. Future

    Ça plantera encore si tu ne fais pas la mise à jour.

    It'll crash again if you don't do the update.

  5. Conditional

    Avec plus de mémoire, il ne planterait plus.

    With more memory, it wouldn't crash any more.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Sauvegarde avant que tout plante.

    Save before everything crashes.

  7. Imperative

    Plante les salades à l'ombre, pas en plein soleil.

    Plant the lettuces in the shade, not in full sun.

Good to know

  • Planter is first of all to plant : planter des tomates; un ordinateur qui plante freezes or crashes, and planter quelqu'un is to stand them up.

Where you hear planter

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

French · Fluency Level 1

  • Le site plante tous les lundis. The website crashes every Monday.
  • L'ordinateur a planté pendant l'inscription. The computer crashed during the enrolment.
  • Ça plantera encore si tu n'éteins jamais. It'll crash again if you never switch it off.
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Camille at the Coffee Machine

Fluency Level 1 · La paperasse, les mails, le site qui plante. Un taf de dingue, et pour quoi ? · Le site qui plante.

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