importer

/ɛ̃pɔʁte/

verb #292 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to matter, to be important; to import

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeimporteimportaisimportaiimporteraiimporterais
tuimportesimportaisimportasimporterasimporterais
il/elleimporteimportaitimportaimporteraimporterait
nousimportonsimportionsimportâmesimporteronsimporterions
vousimportezimportiezimportâtesimporterezimporteriez
ils/ellesimportentimportaientimportèrentimporterontimporteraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeimporteimportasse
tuimportesimportasses
il/elleimporteimportât
nousimportionsimportassions
vousimportiezimportassiez
ils/ellesimportentimportassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuimporte
nousimportons
vousimportez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
important
Past participle
importé, importée, importés, importées

Examples

' .

It doesn't matter what they think.

', c' .

What matters to me is your health.

France ' .

France imports a lot of coffee from South America.

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