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Conjugation of the French verb différer

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

différer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
différer	to defer

Present		Scored
je diffère	I defer
tu diffères	you defer
il diffère	he defers
elle diffère	she defers
nous différons	we defer
vous différez	you defer
ils diffèrent	they defer
elles diffèrent	they defer

Imperfect		Scored
je différais	I was deferring
tu différais	you were deferring
il différait	he was deferring
elle différait	she was deferring
nous différions	we were deferring
vous différiez	you were deferring
ils différaient	they were deferring
elles différaient	they were deferring

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 différai	I deferred
tu différas	you deferred
il différa	he deferred
elle différa	she deferred
nous différâmes	we deferred
vous différâtes	you deferred
ils différèrent	they deferred
elles différèrent	they deferred

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

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

Future		Scored
je différerai	I will defer
tu différeras	you will defer
il différera	he will defer
elle différera	she will defer
nous différerons	we will defer
vous différerez	you will defer
ils différeront	they will defer
elles différeront	they will defer

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

Conditional		Scored
je différerais	I would defer
tu différerais	you would defer
il différerait	he would defer
elle différerait	she would defer
nous différerions	we would defer
vous différeriez	you would defer
ils différeraient	they would defer
elles différeraient	they would defer

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je diffère	(... that) I defer
(... que) tu diffères	(... that) you defer
(... que) il diffère	(... that) he defers
(... que) elle diffère	(... that) she defers
(... que) nous différions	(... that) we defer
(... que) vous différiez	(... that) you defer
(... que) ils diffèrent	(... that) they defer
(... que) elles diffèrent	(... that) they defer

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je différasse	(... that) I was deferring
(... que) tu différasses	(... that) you were deferring
(... que) il différât	(... that) he was deferring
(... que) elle différât	(... that) she was deferring
(... que) nous différassions	(... that) we were deferring
(... que) vous différassiez	(... that) you were deferring
(... que) ils différassent	(... that) they were deferring
(... que) elles différassent	(... that) they were deferring

Imperative		Scored
diffère	Defer
différons	Let's defer
différez	Defer

Present Participle		Scored
différant	deferring

Past Participle		Scored
différé	deferred

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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