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Conjugation of the French verb dater

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

dater is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
dater	to date

Present		Scored
je date	I date
tu dates	you date
il date	he dates
elle date	she dates
nous datons	we date
vous datez	you date
ils datent	they date
elles datent	they date

Imperfect		Scored
je datais	I was dating
tu datais	you were dating
il datait	he was dating
elle datait	she was dating
nous dations	we were dating
vous datiez	you were dating
ils dataient	they were dating
elles dataient	they were dating

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 datai	I dated
tu datas	you dated
il data	he dated
elle data	she dated
nous datâmes	we dated
vous datâtes	you dated
ils datèrent	they dated
elles datèrent	they dated

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

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

Future		Scored
je daterai	I will date
tu dateras	you will date
il datera	he will date
elle datera	she will date
nous daterons	we will date
vous daterez	you will date
ils dateront	they will date
elles dateront	they will date

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

Conditional		Scored
je daterais	I would date
tu daterais	you would date
il daterait	he would date
elle daterait	she would date
nous daterions	we would date
vous dateriez	you would date
ils dateraient	they would date
elles dateraient	they would date

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je date	(... that) I date
(... que) tu dates	(... that) you date
(... que) il date	(... that) he dates
(... que) elle date	(... that) she dates
(... que) nous dations	(... that) we date
(... que) vous datiez	(... that) you date
(... que) ils datent	(... that) they date
(... que) elles datent	(... that) they date

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je datasse	(... that) I was dating
(... que) tu datasses	(... that) you were dating
(... que) il datât	(... that) he was dating
(... que) elle datât	(... that) she was dating
(... que) nous datassions	(... that) we were dating
(... que) vous datassiez	(... that) you were dating
(... que) ils datassent	(... that) they were dating
(... que) elles datassent	(... that) they were dating

Imperative		Scored
date	Date
datons	Let's date
datez	Date

Present Participle		Scored
datant	dating

Past Participle		Scored
daté	dated

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