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Conjugation of the French verb détester

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

détester is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
détester	to detest

Present		Scored
je déteste	I detest
tu détestes	you detest
il déteste	he detests
elle déteste	she detests
nous détestons	we detest
vous détestez	you detest
ils détestent	they detest
elles détestent	they detest

Imperfect		Scored
je détestais	I was detesting
tu détestais	you were detesting
il détestait	he was detesting
elle détestait	she was detesting
nous détestions	we were detesting
vous détestiez	you were detesting
ils détestaient	they were detesting
elles détestaient	they were detesting

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 détestai	I detested
tu détestas	you detested
il détesta	he detested
elle détesta	she detested
nous détestâmes	we detested
vous détestâtes	you detested
ils détestèrent	they detested
elles détestèrent	they detested

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

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

Future		Scored
je détesterai	I will detest
tu détesteras	you will detest
il détestera	he will detest
elle détestera	she will detest
nous détesterons	we will detest
vous détesterez	you will detest
ils détesteront	they will detest
elles détesteront	they will detest

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

Conditional		Scored
je détesterais	I would detest
tu détesterais	you would detest
il détesterait	he would detest
elle détesterait	she would detest
nous détesterions	we would detest
vous détesteriez	you would detest
ils détesteraient	they would detest
elles détesteraient	they would detest

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je déteste	(... that) I detest
(... que) tu détestes	(... that) you detest
(... que) il déteste	(... that) he detests
(... que) elle déteste	(... that) she detests
(... que) nous détestions	(... that) we detest
(... que) vous détestiez	(... that) you detest
(... que) ils détestent	(... that) they detest
(... que) elles détestent	(... that) they detest

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je détestasse	(... that) I was detesting
(... que) tu détestasses	(... that) you were detesting
(... que) il détestât	(... that) he was detesting
(... que) elle détestât	(... that) she was detesting
(... que) nous détestassions	(... that) we were detesting
(... que) vous détestassiez	(... that) you were detesting
(... que) ils détestassent	(... that) they were detesting
(... que) elles détestassent	(... that) they were detesting

Imperative		Scored
déteste	Detest
détestons	Let's detest
détestez	Detest

Present Participle		Scored
détestant	detesting

Past Participle		Scored
détesté	detested

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Irregular conjugation

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