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title: "Vendre conjugation: all tenses with examples"
description: "Vendre in every French tense: je vends, j'ai vendu, je vendrai, que je vende. Full tables, examples and TCF/TEF Canada tips."
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French conjugation

# Vendre conjugation

Vendre (“to sell”) in every tense you need, from the présent to the subjonctif, with example sentences and how it shows up in the TCF and TEF Canada.

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In short

Vendre (“to sell”) is an irregular verb of the third group. In the présent: je vends, tu vends, il/elle vend, nous vendons, vous vendez, ils/elles vendent. Its passé composé is formed with avoir and the past participle vendu, and its futur simple is built on the stem vendr-.

## Vendre at a glance

Meaning

to sell

Type

Irregular verb (third group)

Auxiliary

avoir

Past participle

vendu

Present participle

vendant

Future stem

vendr-

## Vendre in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je vends
-   tu vends
-   il/elle vend
-   nous vendons
-   vous vendez
-   ils/elles vendent

[When to use the présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Passé composé

Compound past

-   j'ai vendu
-   tu as vendu
-   il/elle a vendu
-   nous avons vendu
-   vous avez vendu
-   ils/elles ont vendu

[When to use the passé composé](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je vendais
-   tu vendais
-   il/elle vendait
-   nous vendions
-   vous vendiez
-   ils/elles vendaient

[When to use the imparfait](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je vendrai
-   tu vendras
-   il/elle vendra
-   nous vendrons
-   vous vendrez
-   ils/elles vendront

[When to use the futur simple](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je vendrais
-   tu vendrais
-   il/elle vendrait
-   nous vendrions
-   vous vendriez
-   ils/elles vendraient

[When to use the conditionnel présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je vende
-   que tu vendes
-   qu'il/elle vende
-   que nous vendions
-   que vous vendiez
-   qu'ils/elles vendent

[When to use the subjonctif présent](/blog/le-subjonctif)

### Impératif

Imperative

-   vends
-   vendons
-   vendez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je vendis
-   tu vendis
-   il/elle vendit
-   nous vendîmes
-   vous vendîtes
-   ils/elles vendirent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: vendant
-   Past participle: vendu, vendue, vendus, vendues

TCF and TEF Canada

## How vendre shows up in the TCF and TEF

Vendre is the model for regular -re verbs: no ending in il vend, and the past participle vendu. It appears in classified ads in the reading section.

-   Nous vendons notre voiture avant de déménager. _We are selling our car before we move._
-   Le magasin a vendu tous ses billets. _The shop sold all its tickets._

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Questions

## Vendre conjugation: questions

### How do you conjugate vendre in the present tense?

In the présent, vendre is: je vends, tu vends, il/elle vend, nous vendons, vous vendez, ils/elles vendent.

### What is the passé composé of vendre?

Vendre forms the passé composé with avoir and the past participle vendu: j'ai vendu, tu as vendu, il/elle a vendu, nous avons vendu, vous avez vendu, ils/elles ont vendu.

### Is vendre conjugated with être or avoir?

Vendre takes avoir in the passé composé and the other compound tenses: j'ai vendu.

### What is vendre in the futur simple?

The futur simple of vendre is built on the stem vendr-: je vendrai, tu vendras, il/elle vendra, nous vendrons, vous vendrez, ils/elles vendront.

### What is the imperfect of vendre?

The imparfait of vendre is: je vendais, tu vendais, il/elle vendait, nous vendions, vous vendiez, ils/elles vendaient.

### What is the subjunctive of vendre?

The subjonctif présent of vendre is: que je vende, que tu vendes, qu'il/elle vende, que nous vendions, que vous vendiez, qu'ils/elles vendent.

### What is vendre in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For vendre: je vendis, tu vendis, il/elle vendit, nous vendîmes, vous vendîtes, ils/elles vendirent.

### What is the imperative of vendre?

The impératif of vendre has three forms: vends, vendons, vendez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of vendre?

The past participle of vendre is vendu (feminine vendue, plural vendus, vendues). Its present participle is vendant.

## More French verbs

-   [être](/french-conjugation/etre)
-   [avoir](/french-conjugation/avoir)
-   [aller](/french-conjugation/aller)
-   [faire](/french-conjugation/faire)
-   [dire](/french-conjugation/dire)
-   [pouvoir](/french-conjugation/pouvoir)
-   [vouloir](/french-conjugation/vouloir)
-   [devoir](/french-conjugation/devoir)

[All 64 verbs](/french-conjugation)

Conjugation tables are generated from the Lefff (Lexique des formes fléchies du français, Benoît Sagot, Inria), packaged as french-verbs-lefff@3.4.0 and distributed under the [LGPL-LR licence](https://www.labri.fr/perso/clement/lefff/licence-LGPLLR.html). Compound forms are built from its auxiliary and participle forms.

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