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FRENCH VERB

produire

to produce

  • #367 most used
  • Irregular -re verb
  • Past participle: produit
  • Present participle: produisant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use produire

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

  1. Present

    Cette ferme produit du fromage de chèvre.

    This farm produces goat's cheese.

  2. Past

    La région a produit moins de vin cette année.

    The region produced less wine this year.

  3. Imperfect

    L'usine produisait des vélos depuis cent ans.

    The factory had been making bikes for a hundred years.

  4. Future

    Les panneaux produiront assez d'électricité pour la maison.

    The panels will produce enough electricity for the house.

  5. Conditional

    Un potager produirait de quoi manger tout l'été.

    A vegetable garden would produce enough to eat all summer.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que l'équipe produise un rapport par mois.

    The team has to produce one report a month.

  7. Imperative

    Produis moins, mais produis mieux.

    Produce less, but produce better.

Good to know

  • Se produire is to happen : l'accident s'est produit la nuit.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -re verb.