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Romance Languages Verbs: Conjugations of Give (donner / dare / donar / dar / dar)

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English	French	Italian	Catalan	Spanish	Portuguese
Infinitive: to give	donner	dare	donar	dar	dar

Present: give(s)	donne	do	dono	doy	dou
	donnes	dai	dónes	das	dás
	donne	dà	dóna	da	dá
	donnons	diamo	donem	damos	damos
	donnez	date	doneu	dais	dais
	donnent	dànno	donen	dan	dão

Imperfect: gave/used to give	donnais	davo	donava	daba	dava
	donnais	davi	donaves	dabas	davas
	donnait	dava	donava	daba	dava
	donnions	davamo	donàvem	dábamos	dávamos
	donniez	davate	donàveu	dabais	dáveis
	donnaient	davano	donaven	daban	davam

Preterite: gave	donnai	diedi / detti	doní	di	dei
(rare in French or Italian speech)	donnas	desti	donares	diste	deste
(alternative Catalan below)	donna	diede / dette / dètte	donà	dio	deu
	donnâmes	demmo	donàrem	dimos	demos
	donnâtes	deste	donàreu	disteis	destes
	donnèrent	diedero / dettero	donaren	dieron	deram

Future: will give	donnerai	darò	donaré	daré	darei
	donneras	darai	donaràs	darás	darás
	donnera	darà	donarà	dará	dará
	donnerons	daremo	donarem	daremos	daremos
	donnerez	darete	donareu	daréis	dareis
	donneront	daranno	donaran	darán	darão

Conditional: would give	donnerais	darei	donaria	daría	daria
	donnerais	daresti	donaries	darías	darias
	donnerait	darebbe	donaria	daría	daria
	donnerions	daremmo	donaríem	daríamos	daríamos
	donneriez	dareste	donaríeu	daríais	daríeis
	donneraient	darebbero	donarien	darían	dariam

Present Subjunctive: give(s)	donne	dia	doni	dé	dê
	donnes	dia	donis	des	dês
	donne	dia	doni	dé	dê
	donnions	diamo	donem	demos	dêmos
	donniez	diate	doneu	deis	deis
	donnent	diano	donin	den	deem

Imperfect Subjunctive: gave	donnasse	dessi	donés	diera	desse
(rare in French speech)	donnasses	dessi	donessis	dieras	desses
(alternative Spanish below)	donnât	desse	donés	diera	desse
	donnassions	dessimo	donéssim	diéramos	déssemos
	donnassiez	deste	donéssiu	dierais	désseis
	donnassent	dessero	donessin	dieran	dessem

Affirmative Imperative: give
Singular familiar you	donne	da' / dai	dóna	da	dá
Singular formal you	donnez	dia	doni	dé	dê
Let's...	donnons	diamo	donem	demos	dêmos
Plural familiar you	donnez	date	doneu	dad	dai
Plural formal you	donnez	diano	donin	den	deem

Negative Imperative: don't give
Singular familiar you	ne donne pas	non dare	no donis	no des	não dês
Singular formal you	ne donnez pas	non dia	no doni	no dé	não dê
Let's not...	ne donnons pas	non diamo	no donem	no demos	não dêmos
Plural familiar you	ne donnez pas	non date	no doneu	no deis	não deis
Plural formal you	ne donnez pas	non diano	no donin	no den	não deem

Gerund: giving Present Participle: giving	en donnant donnant	dando dante	donant	dando	dando
Past Participle: given	donné	dato	donat	dado	dado

Auxiliary verb used in perfect tenses	avoir	avere	haver	haber	ter

The periphrastic past in Catalan is an alternative to the preterite. It is formed by using anar as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive.

vaig donar
vas donar
va donar
vam donar
vau donar
van donar

There is an alternative form of the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish, which is more similar to Portuguese. Simply replace -ra- with -se- for all conjugations:

diera / diese
dieras / dieses
diera / diese
diéramos / diésemos
dierais / dieseis
dieran / diesen

The future subjunctive is only used in formal or literary Spanish, but it is easy to conjugate since it is nearly identical to the imperfect subjunctive forms. The future subjunctive in Portuguese is very common and the same endings are used for the personal infinitive (see below).

Spanish	Portuguese
diere	der
dieres	deres
diere	der
diéremos	dermos
diereis	derdes
dieren	derem

There is an alternative form of the past perfect in Portugueuse which only uses one word rather than an auxiliary verb + past participle. These conjugations are quite similar to the imperfect subjunctive conjugations using -ra- in Spanish. However, this simple form is only used in formal or literary Portuguese. (Note that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish using -ra- can also be used in formal or literary language as an alternative to the compound past perfect.)

dera
deras
dera
déramos
déreis
deram

The personal infinitive in Portuguese uses the infinitive as the stem + the endings of the future subjunctive.

dar
dares
dar
darmos
dardes
darem