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FRENCH VERB

recommander

to recommend

  • #296 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: recommandé
  • Present participle: recommandant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use recommander

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

  1. Present

    Je vous recommande le poisson du jour.

    I recommend the fish of the day.

  2. Past

    Un ami nous a recommandé ce petit hôtel.

    A friend recommended this little hotel to us.

  3. Imperfect

    Le guide recommandait de partir tôt le matin.

    The guidebook recommended leaving early in the morning.

  4. Future

    Je te recommanderai un bon dentiste près de chez toi.

    I'll recommend a good dentist near you.

  5. Conditional

    Qu'est-ce que vous me recommanderiez comme vin ?

    What wine would you recommend?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Vous voulez que je vous recommande un restaurant ?

    Would you like me to recommend a restaurant?

  7. Imperative

    Recommande-moi un bon livre pour les vacances.

    Recommend me a good book for the holidays.

Good to know

  • Un recommandé is a registered letter; c'est recommandé is it's advisable.

Verbs like this one

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