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Conjugation of the French verb danser

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

danser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
danser	to dance

Present		Scored
je danse	I dance
tu danses	you dance
il danse	he dances
elle danse	she dances
nous dansons	we dance
vous dansez	you dance
ils dansent	they dance
elles dansent	they dance

Imperfect		Scored
je dansais	I was dancing
tu dansais	you were dancing
il dansait	he was dancing
elle dansait	she was dancing
nous dansions	we were dancing
vous dansiez	you were dancing
ils dansaient	they were dancing
elles dansaient	they were dancing

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 dansai	I danced
tu dansas	you danced
il dansa	he danced
elle dansa	she danced
nous dansâmes	we danced
vous dansâtes	you danced
ils dansèrent	they danced
elles dansèrent	they danced

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

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

Future		Scored
je danserai	I will dance
tu danseras	you will dance
il dansera	he will dance
elle dansera	she will dance
nous danserons	we will dance
vous danserez	you will dance
ils danseront	they will dance
elles danseront	they will dance

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

Conditional		Scored
je danserais	I would dance
tu danserais	you would dance
il danserait	he would dance
elle danserait	she would dance
nous danserions	we would dance
vous danseriez	you would dance
ils danseraient	they would dance
elles danseraient	they would dance

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je danse	(... that) I dance
(... que) tu danses	(... that) you dance
(... que) il danse	(... that) he dances
(... que) elle danse	(... that) she dances
(... que) nous dansions	(... that) we dance
(... que) vous dansiez	(... that) you dance
(... que) ils dansent	(... that) they dance
(... que) elles dansent	(... that) they dance

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dansasse	(... that) I was dancing
(... que) tu dansasses	(... that) you were dancing
(... que) il dansât	(... that) he was dancing
(... que) elle dansât	(... that) she was dancing
(... que) nous dansassions	(... that) we were dancing
(... que) vous dansassiez	(... that) you were dancing
(... que) ils dansassent	(... that) they were dancing
(... que) elles dansassent	(... that) they were dancing

Imperative		Scored
danse	Dance
dansons	Let's dance
dansez	Dance

Present Participle		Scored
dansant	dancing

Past Participle		Scored
dansé	danced

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