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Conjugation of the French verb devancer

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

devancer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
devancer	to outstrip

Present		Scored
je devance	I outstrip
tu devances	you outstrip
il devance	he outstrips
elle devance	she outstrips
nous devançons	we outstrip
vous devancez	you outstrip
ils devancent	they outstrip
elles devancent	they outstrip

Imperfect		Scored
je devançais	I was outstripping
tu devançais	you were outstripping
il devançait	he was outstripping
elle devançait	she was outstripping
nous devancions	we were outstripping
vous devanciez	you were outstripping
ils devançaient	they were outstripping
elles devançaient	they were outstripping

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 devançai	I outstripped
tu devanças	you outstripped
il devança	he outstripped
elle devança	she outstripped
nous devançâmes	we outstripped
vous devançâtes	you outstripped
ils devancèrent	they outstripped
elles devancèrent	they outstripped

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

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

Future		Scored
je devancerai	I will outstrip
tu devanceras	you will outstrip
il devancera	he will outstrip
elle devancera	she will outstrip
nous devancerons	we will outstrip
vous devancerez	you will outstrip
ils devanceront	they will outstrip
elles devanceront	they will outstrip

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

Conditional		Scored
je devancerais	I would outstrip
tu devancerais	you would outstrip
il devancerait	he would outstrip
elle devancerait	she would outstrip
nous devancerions	we would outstrip
vous devanceriez	you would outstrip
ils devanceraient	they would outstrip
elles devanceraient	they would outstrip

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je devance	(... that) I outstrip
(... que) tu devances	(... that) you outstrip
(... que) il devance	(... that) he outstrips
(... que) elle devance	(... that) she outstrips
(... que) nous devancions	(... that) we outstrip
(... que) vous devanciez	(... that) you outstrip
(... que) ils devancent	(... that) they outstrip
(... que) elles devancent	(... that) they outstrip

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je devançasse	(... that) I was outstripping
(... que) tu devançasses	(... that) you were outstripping
(... que) il devançât	(... that) he was outstripping
(... que) elle devançât	(... that) she was outstripping
(... que) nous devançassions	(... that) we were outstripping
(... que) vous devançassiez	(... that) you were outstripping
(... que) ils devançassent	(... that) they were outstripping
(... que) elles devançassent	(... that) they were outstripping

Imperative		Scored
devance	Outstrip
devançons	Let's outstrip
devancez	Outstrip

Present Participle		Scored
devançant	outstripping

Past Participle		Scored
devancé	outstripped

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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