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Conjugation of the French verb devoir

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

devoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
devoir	to owe

Present		Scored
je dois	I owe
tu dois	you owe
il doit	he owes
elle doit	she owes
nous devons	we owe
vous devez	you owe
ils doivent	they owe
elles doivent	they owe

Imperfect		Scored
je devais	I was owing
tu devais	you were owing
il devait	he was owing
elle devait	she was owing
nous devions	we were owing
vous deviez	you were owing
ils devaient	they were owing
elles devaient	they were owing

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 dus	I owed
tu dus	you owed
il dut	he owed
elle dut	she owed
nous dûmes	we owed
vous dûtes	you owed
ils durent	they owed
elles durent	they owed

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

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

Future		Scored
je devrai	I will owe
tu devras	you will owe
il devra	he will owe
elle devra	she will owe
nous devrons	we will owe
vous devrez	you will owe
ils devront	they will owe
elles devront	they will owe

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

Conditional		Scored
je devrais	I would owe
tu devrais	you would owe
il devroit	he would owe
elle devroit	she would owe
nous devrions	we would owe
vous devriez	you would owe
ils devraient	they would owe
elles devraient	they would owe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je doive	(... that) I owe
(... que) tu doives	(... that) you owe
(... que) il doive	(... that) he owes
(... que) elle doive	(... that) she owes
(... que) nous devions	(... that) we owe
(... que) vous deviez	(... that) you owe
(... que) ils doivent	(... that) they owe
(... que) elles doivent	(... that) they owe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dusse	(... that) I was owing
(... que) tu dusses	(... that) you were owing
(... que) il dût	(... that) he was owing
(... que) elle dût	(... that) she was owing
(... que) nous dussions	(... that) we were owing
(... que) vous dussiez	(... that) you were owing
(... que) ils dussent	(... that) they were owing
(... que) elles dussent	(... that) they were owing

Imperative		Scored
dois	Owe
devons	Let's owe
devez	Owe

Present Participle		Scored
devant	owing

Past Participle		Scored
dû	owed

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