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Conjugation of the French verb dépenser

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

dépenser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
dépenser	to spend

Present		Scored
je dépense	I spend
tu dépenses	you spend
il dépense	he spends
elle dépense	she spends
nous dépensons	we spend
vous dépensez	you spend
ils dépensent	they spend
elles dépensent	they spend

Imperfect		Scored
je dépensais	I was spending
tu dépensais	you were spending
il dépensait	he was spending
elle dépensait	she was spending
nous dépensions	we were spending
vous dépensiez	you were spending
ils dépensaient	they were spending
elles dépensaient	they were spending

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 dépensai	I spent
tu dépensas	you spent
il dépensa	he spent
elle dépensa	she spent
nous dépensâmes	we spent
vous dépensâtes	you spent
ils dépensèrent	they spent
elles dépensèrent	they spent

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

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

Future		Scored
je dépenserai	I will spend
tu dépenseras	you will spend
il dépensera	he will spend
elle dépensera	she will spend
nous dépenserons	we will spend
vous dépenserez	you will spend
ils dépenseront	they will spend
elles dépenseront	they will spend

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 dépensé	I will have spent
tu auras dépensé	you will have spent
il aura dépensé	he will have spent
elle aura dépensé	she will have spent
nous aurons dépensé	we will have spent
vous aurez dépensé	you will have spent
ils auront dépensé	they will have spent
elles auront dépensé	they will have spent

Conditional		Scored
je dépenserais	I would spend
tu dépenserais	you would spend
il dépenserait	he would spend
elle dépenserait	she would spend
nous dépenserions	we would spend
vous dépenseriez	you would spend
ils dépenseraient	they would spend
elles dépenseraient	they would spend

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 dépensé	I would have spent
tu aurais dépensé	you would have spent
il aurait dépensé	he would have spent
elle aurait dépensé	she would have spent
nous aurions dépensé	we would have spent
vous auriez dépensé	you would have spent
ils auraient dépensé	they would have spent
elles auraient dépensé	they would have spent

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dépense	(... that) I spend
(... que) tu dépenses	(... that) you spend
(... que) il dépense	(... that) he spends
(... que) elle dépense	(... that) she spends
(... que) nous dépensions	(... that) we spend
(... que) vous dépensiez	(... that) you spend
(... que) ils dépensent	(... that) they spend
(... que) elles dépensent	(... that) they spend

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dépensasse	(... that) I was spending
(... que) tu dépensasses	(... that) you were spending
(... que) il dépensât	(... that) he was spending
(... que) elle dépensât	(... that) she was spending
(... que) nous dépensassions	(... that) we were spending
(... que) vous dépensassiez	(... that) you were spending
(... que) ils dépensassent	(... that) they were spending
(... que) elles dépensassent	(... that) they were spending

Imperative		Scored
dépense	Spend
dépensons	Let's spend
dépensez	Spend

Present Participle		Scored
dépensant	spending

Past Participle		Scored
dépensé	spent

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Irregular conjugation

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