Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Introduction to the verb peupler
The English translation of the French verb peupler is “to populate.” It is pronounced as “peuh-pleh.”
Peupler comes from the French word “peuple,” meaning “people.” It is often used in everyday French to refer to the action of filling a place with inhabitants or creating a community in a previously uninhabited area.
Example 1: Le gouvernement a prévu de peupler cette région déserte pour développer l’économie locale. (The government plans to populate this deserted region to develop the local economy.)
Example 2: Les colons ont peuplé cette île après sa découverte. (The colonists populated this island after its discovery.)
Example 3: La ville a été peuplée par une vague d’immigration dans les années 1800. (The city was populated by a wave of immigration in the 1800s.)
Peupler – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of peupler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | Je peuple | Je peuple la ville. | I populate the city. |
Tu | Tu peuples | Tu peuples la campagne. | You populate the countryside. |
Il | Il peuple | Il peuple le village. | He populates the village. |
Elle | Elle peuple | Elle peuple la région. | She populates the region. |
On | On peuple | On peuple le pays. | One populates the country. |
Nous | Nous peuplons | Nous peuplons le monde. | We populate the world. |
Vous | Vous peuplez | Vous peuplez la terre. | You populate the earth. |
Ils | Ils peuplent | Ils peuplent la planète. | They populate the planet. |
Elles | Elles peuplent | Elles peuplent le continent. | They populate the continent. |
Other Conjugations for Peupler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb peupler (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb peupler
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