To sell in French 🇫🇷

Opposites

Acheter (to buy) – Vendre (to sell)

7 months ago

Cognate

Looks like English vend and that’s what it means

9 months ago

vendre info.

Tips to remember the French word “vendre”:
1. Associate “vendre” with “vendor” – both relate to selling.
2. Think of the English term “vending machine” which sells snacks or drinks, and connect it to “vendre.”

Explanations:
“Vendre” is a regular French verb from the first group, which means that it is conjugated with a standard set of endings. This verb means “to sell,” just like in English.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Écouler (to clear out, often used for stocks)
– Céder (to give up or sell rights or ownership)
– Commercialiser (to market)

Conjugations of “vendre”:
Infinitive: vendre (to sell)

Present Indicative:
– Je vends (I sell/I am selling)
– Tu vends (You sell/You are selling)
– Il/elle vend (He/she sells/He/she is selling)
– Nous vendons (We sell/We are selling)
– Vous vendez (You sell/You are selling – formal/plural)
– Ils/elles vendent (They sell/They are selling)

Imperfect:
– Je vendais (I was selling)
– Tu vendais (You were selling)
– Il/elle vendait (He/she was selling)
– Nous vendions (We were selling)
– Vous vendiez (You were selling – formal/plural)
– Ils/elles vendaient (They were selling)

Future Simple:
– Je vendrai (I will sell)
– Tu vendras (You will sell)
– Il/elle vendra (He/she will sell)
– Nous vendrons (We will sell)
– Vous vendrez (You will sell – formal/plural)
– Ils/elles vendront (They will sell)

Past Historic:
– Je vendis (I sold)
– Tu vendis (You sold)
– Il/elle vendit (He/she sold)
– Nous vendîmes (We sold)
– Vous vendîtes (You sold – formal/plural)
– Ils/elles vendirent (They sold)

Conditional:
– Je vendrais (I would sell)
– Tu vendrais (You would sell)
– Il/elle vendrait (He/she would sell)
– Nous vendrions (We would sell)
– Vous vendriez (You would sell – formal/plural)
– Ils/elles vendraient (They would sell)

Subjunctive:
– Que je vende (That I sell)
– Que tu vendes (That you sell)
– Qu’il/elle vende (That he/she sells)
– Que nous vendions (That we sell)
– Que vous vendiez (That you sell – formal/plural)
– Qu’ils/elles vendent (That they sell)

Imperative:
– Vends ! (Sell! – informal singular)
– Vendons ! (Let’s sell!)
– Vendez ! (Sell! – formal/plural)

Past Participle:
– Vendu (sold)

Examples of sentences using “vendre”:
– Je vends ma voiture. (I am selling my car.)
– Il vendra sa maison demain. (He will sell his house tomorrow.)
– Nous avons vendu tous les billets. (We have sold all the tickets.)
– Vendez-vous des timbres ici ? (Do you sell stamps here?)
– Ils espèrent vendre plus de produits cette année. (They hope to sell more products this year.)

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