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FRENCH VERB

vendanger

to harvest grapes

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: vendangé
  • Present participle: vendangeant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use vendanger

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

  1. Present

    On vendange samedi, venez nous aider !

    We're picking grapes on Saturday, come and help us!

  2. Past

    J'ai vendangé toute la journée, j'ai mal au dos.

    I picked grapes all day, my back hurts.

  3. Imperfect

    Étudiant, je vendangeais chaque septembre en Bourgogne.

    As a student, I harvested grapes every September in Burgundy.

  4. Future

    Avec cette chaleur, on vendangera fin août.

    With this heat, we'll be harvesting at the end of August.

  5. Conditional

    Sans la pluie, on vendangerait déjà.

    Without the rain, we'd already be harvesting.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut qu'on vendange avant l'orage de jeudi.

    We have to pick the grapes before Thursday's storm.

  7. Imperative

    Vendangez les rangs du bas en premier.

    Pick the bottom rows first.

Good to know

  • Les vendanges are the grape harvest, in September or October; faire les vendanges is to go grape-picking.

Where you hear vendanger

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

French · Advanced Level 2

  • On vendange samedi. We're harvesting on Saturday.
  • On a vendangé toute la journée. We harvested the whole day.
  • L'année prochaine, vous vendangerez avec nous. Next year, you'll harvest with us.
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An Invitation to the Harvest

Advanced Level 2 · On vendange samedi, et il nous manque des bras. · Des bras, on en a quatre. Mais on n'a jamais vendangé. · Personne n'a jamais vendangé, la première fois.

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