Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Introduction to the verb sabrer
The English translation of the French verb sabrer is “to saber.” It is pronounced “sah-bray.”
The language origin of sabrer comes from the French word “sabre,” meaning sword, and the verb suffix “-er” which indicates the action of using a sword.
In everyday French, sabrer is most often used in the context of celebrating or opening a bottle of champagne. It refers to the act of using a saber or sword to break off the top of the champagne bottle, creating a clean and dramatic opening.
Examples:
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Nous allons sabrer le champagne pour célébrer notre anniversaire de mariage. (We are going to saber the champagne to celebrate our wedding anniversary.)
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Le serveur a habilement sabré la bouteille de champagne avec son épée. (The waiter skillfully sabered the bottle of champagne with his sword.)
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Ma grand-mère a raconté comment, pendant la guerre, mon grand-père avait sabré une bouteille de champagne pour l’anniversaire de ma mère. (My grandmother told the story of how, during the war, my grandfather had sabered a bottle of champagne for my mother’s birthday.)
Sabrer – 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 sabrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | je sabre | Je sabre du champagne. | I sabre champagne. |
tu | tu sabres | Tu sais sabrer ? | Do you know how to sabre? |
il | il sabre | Il sait sabrer le champagne. | He knows how to sabre champagne. |
elle | elle sabre | Elle sait sabrer du champagne. | She knows how to sabre champagne. |
on | on sabre | On sait sabrer en France. | We know how to sabre in France. |
nous | nous sabrons | Nous sabrons du champagne. | We sabre champagne. |
vous | vous sabrez | Vous savez sabrer ? | Do you know how to sabre? |
ils | ils sabrent | Ils savent sabrer du champagne. | They know how to sabre champagne. |
elles | elles sabrent | Elles savent sabrer en France. | They know how to sabre in France. |
Other Conjugations for Sabrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb sabrer
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