All verbs

/apʁɑ̃dʁ/to learnA1

Family
Family 5 — boot verbs
Takes
a direct object — Takes a direct object; apprendre à quelqu'un means to TEACH them

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
apprenons
Presentprésentlearn it whole

Singular — the short stem

Presentprésent1 exception(s)

Boot verb — ils takes the singular stem back

appren-+-ons -ez -ent

  • ils apprennentthe rule said apprenent
Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

appren-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

appren-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

apprenn-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
apprendre
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

apprendr-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

apprendr-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

apprendre

Past participle
appris

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

appris

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

appris

Conjugation

présent
Ij'apprends/ʒapʁɑ̃/I learn
youtu apprends/ty apʁɑ̃/you learn
he/sheil apprend/il apʁɑ̃/he learns
wenous apprenons/nuz apʁənɔ̃/we learn
youvous apprenez/vuz apʁəne/you learn
theyils apprennent/ilz apʁɛn/they learn

Examples

  • J'apprends le français.

    /ʒa.pʁɑ̃ lə fʁɑ̃.sɛ/

    I'm learning French.

  • Les enfants apprennent le français.

    /le.z‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃.z‿a.pʁɛn lə fʁɑ̃.sɛ/

    The children are learning French.

  • Quelle langue apprends-tu ?

    /kɛl lɑ̃ɡ a.pʁɑ̃.ty/

    Which language are you learning?

Notes

  • The same verb means both learn and teach, and only the preposition tells them apart: apprendre le français is to learn it, apprendre le français à Marie is to teach it to her.

  • It also means to find out: J'ai appris que… — I heard that…