Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Introduction to the verb miner
The English translation of the French verb miner is “to mine.” It is pronounced as “mee-neh.”
The word “miner” comes from the Latin word “minare,” meaning “to dig.” In everyday French, it is often used to refer to the act of extracting minerals or ores from the ground, but it can also be used metaphorically to mean “to search deeply or thoroughly for something.”
Examples:
- Nous devons miner dans cette région pour trouver de l’or. (We have to mine in this region to find gold.)
- Le journaliste a essayé de miner des informations auprès des témoins. (The journalist tried to mine information from the witnesses.)
- Il a passé des heures à miner les données pour trouver des tendances. (He spent hours mining data to find trends.)
Miner – 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 miner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | je mine | Je mine du charbon. | I am mining coal. |
tu | tu mines | Tu mines de l’or. | You are mining gold. |
il | il mine | Il mine des diamants. | He is mining diamonds. |
elle | elle mine | Elle mine du sel. | She is mining salt. |
on | on mine | On mine du cuivre. | One is mining copper. |
nous | nous minons | Nous minons du fer. | We are mining iron. |
vous | vous minez | Vous minez du charbon. | You are mining coal. |
ils | ils minent | Ils minent de l’or. | They are mining gold. |
elles | elles minent | Elles minent de l’argent. | They are mining silver. |
Other Conjugations for Miner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb miner (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb miner
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