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Conjugation of the French verb contourner

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb contourner, along with their English translations.

contourner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
contourner	to bypass

Present		Scored
je contourne	I bypass
tu contournes	you bypass
il contourne	he bypasses
elle contourne	she bypasses
nous contournons	we bypass
vous contournez	you bypass
ils contournent	they bypass
elles contournent	they bypass

Imperfect		Scored
je contournais	I was bypassing
tu contournais	you were bypassing
il contournait	he was bypassing
elle contournait	she was bypassing
nous contournions	we were bypassing
vous contourniez	you were bypassing
ils contournaient	they were bypassing
elles contournaient	they were bypassing

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 contournai	I bypassed
tu contournas	you bypassed
il contourna	he bypassed
elle contourna	she bypassed
nous contournâmes	we bypassed
vous contournâtes	you bypassed
ils contournèrent	they bypassed
elles contournèrent	they bypassed

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai contourné	I have bypassed
tu as contourné	you have bypassed
il a contourné	he has bypassed
elle a contourné	she has bypassed
nous avons contourné	we have bypassed
vous avez contourné	you have bypassed
ils ont contourné	they have bypassed
elles ont contourné	they have bypassed

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais contourné	I had bypassed
tu avais contourné	you had bypassed
il avait contourné	he had bypassed
elle avait contourné	she had bypassed
nous avions contourné	we had bypassed
vous aviez contourné	you had bypassed
ils avaient contourné	they had bypassed
elles avaient contourné	they had bypassed

Future		Scored
je contournerai	I will bypass
tu contourneras	you will bypass
il contournera	he will bypass
elle contournera	she will bypass
nous contournerons	we will bypass
vous contournerez	you will bypass
ils contourneront	they will bypass
elles contourneront	they will bypass

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai contourné	I will have bypassed
tu auras contourné	you will have bypassed
il aura contourné	he will have bypassed
elle aura contourné	she will have bypassed
nous aurons contourné	we will have bypassed
vous aurez contourné	you will have bypassed
ils auront contourné	they will have bypassed
elles auront contourné	they will have bypassed

Conditional		Scored
je contournerais	I would bypass
tu contournerais	you would bypass
il contournerait	he would bypass
elle contournerait	she would bypass
nous contournerions	we would bypass
vous contourneriez	you would bypass
ils contourneraient	they would bypass
elles contourneraient	they would bypass

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais contourné	I would have bypassed
tu aurais contourné	you would have bypassed
il aurait contourné	he would have bypassed
elle aurait contourné	she would have bypassed
nous aurions contourné	we would have bypassed
vous auriez contourné	you would have bypassed
ils auraient contourné	they would have bypassed
elles auraient contourné	they would have bypassed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je contourne	(... that) I bypass
(... que) tu contournes	(... that) you bypass
(... que) il contourne	(... that) he bypasses
(... que) elle contourne	(... that) she bypasses
(... que) nous contournions	(... that) we bypass
(... que) vous contourniez	(... that) you bypass
(... que) ils contournent	(... that) they bypass
(... que) elles contournent	(... that) they bypass

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je contournasse	(... that) I was bypassing
(... que) tu contournasses	(... that) you were bypassing
(... que) il contournât	(... that) he was bypassing
(... que) elle contournât	(... that) she was bypassing
(... que) nous contournassions	(... that) we were bypassing
(... que) vous contournassiez	(... that) you were bypassing
(... que) ils contournassent	(... that) they were bypassing
(... que) elles contournassent	(... that) they were bypassing

Imperative		Scored
contourne	Bypass
contournons	Let's bypass
contournez	Bypass

Present Participle		Scored
contournant	bypassing

Past Participle		Scored
contourné	bypassed

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