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Conjugation of the French verb deviner

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

deviner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
deviner	to guess

Present		Scored
je devine	I guess
tu devines	you guess
il devine	he guesses
elle devine	she guesses
nous devinons	we guess
vous devinez	you guess
ils devinent	they guess
elles devinent	they guess

Imperfect		Scored
je devinais	I was guessing
tu devinais	you were guessing
il devinait	he was guessing
elle devinait	she was guessing
nous devinions	we were guessing
vous deviniez	you were guessing
ils devinaient	they were guessing
elles devinaient	they were guessing

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 devinai	I guessed
tu devinas	you guessed
il devina	he guessed
elle devina	she guessed
nous devinâmes	we guessed
vous devinâtes	you guessed
ils devinèrent	they guessed
elles devinèrent	they guessed

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

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

Future		Scored
je devinerai	I will guess
tu devineras	you will guess
il devinera	he will guess
elle devinera	she will guess
nous devinerons	we will guess
vous devinerez	you will guess
ils devineront	they will guess
elles devineront	they will guess

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

Conditional		Scored
je devinerais	I would guess
tu devinerais	you would guess
il devinerait	he would guess
elle devinerait	she would guess
nous devinerions	we would guess
vous devineriez	you would guess
ils devineraient	they would guess
elles devineraient	they would guess

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je devine	(... that) I guess
(... que) tu devines	(... that) you guess
(... que) il devine	(... that) he guesses
(... que) elle devine	(... that) she guesses
(... que) nous devinions	(... that) we guess
(... que) vous deviniez	(... that) you guess
(... que) ils devinent	(... that) they guess
(... que) elles devinent	(... that) they guess

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je devinasse	(... that) I was guessing
(... que) tu devinasses	(... that) you were guessing
(... que) il devinât	(... that) he was guessing
(... que) elle devinât	(... that) she was guessing
(... que) nous devinassions	(... that) we were guessing
(... que) vous devinassiez	(... that) you were guessing
(... que) ils devinassent	(... that) they were guessing
(... que) elles devinassent	(... that) they were guessing

Imperative		Scored
devine	Guess
devinons	Let's guess
devinez	Guess

Present Participle		Scored
devinant	guessing

Past Participle		Scored
deviné	guessed

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