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1 donner Verb, transitive   Pronounce

(a) to give (à, to); ~ qch à qn to give sb sth, give sth to sb

(b) to give something not needed away; to donate money to charity; c'est donné it's a giveaway; (Slang) "j'ai déjà donné" "been there, done that"

(c) to put on a play, show a film, give, hold a lecture

(d) to yield fruit, produce a result; ça n'a rien donné it didn't come to anything; j'espère que ça finira par ~ quelque chose I hope something comes of it

(e) (Slang) to grass somebody up (Slang), grass on somebody (Slang), give somebody away, squeal on somebody (Slang)


Present
je donne, tu donnes, il/elle donne, nous donnons, vous donnez, ils/elles donnent
Imperfect
je donnais, tu donnais, il/elle donnait, nous donnions, vous donniez, ils/elles donnaient
Future
je donnerai, tu donneras, il/elle donnera, nous donnerons, vous donnerez, ils/elles donneront
Perfect
j' ai donné, tu as donné, il/elle a donné, nous avons donné, vous avez donné, ils/elles ont donné
Present subjunctive
je donne, tu donnes, il/elle donne, nous donnions, vous donniez, ils/elles donnent

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2 donner Verb, intransitive

(a) to yield; to attack; ~ dans to fall into a trap; ~ sur or contre to strike; ~ sur (of a door, room) to open on to; (of a window) to overlook, look on to, open on to

3 se donner Verb, pronominal

(a) to devote oneself (à, to), give oneself (over) (à, to)

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