Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb prendre

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb prendre, along with their English translations.

prendre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je pris	I took
tu pris	you took
il prit	he took
elle prit	she took
nous prîmes	we took
vous prîtes	you took
ils prirent	they took
elles prirent	they took

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