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Conjugation of the French verb distraire

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

distraire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
distraire	to distract

Present		Scored
je distrais	I distract
tu distrais	you distract
il distrait	he distracts
elle distrait	she distracts
nous distrayons	we distract
vous distrayez	you distract
ils distraient	they distract
elles distraient	they distract

Imperfect		Scored
je distrayais	I was distracting
tu distrayais	you were distracting
il distrayait	he was distracting
elle distrayait	she was distracting
nous distrayions	we were distracting
vous distrayiez	you were distracting
ils distrayaient	they were distracting
elles distrayaient	they were distracting

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 distrayai	I distracted
tu distrayas	you distracted
il distraya	he distracted
elle distraya	she distracted
nous distrayâmes	we distracted
vous distrayâtes	you distracted
ils distrayèrent	they distracted
elles distrayèrent	they distracted

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

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

Future		Scored
je distrairai	I will distract
tu distrairas	you will distract
il distraira	he will distract
elle distraira	she will distract
nous distrairons	we will distract
vous distrairez	you will distract
ils distrairont	they will distract
elles distrairont	they will distract

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

Conditional		Scored
je distrairais	I would distract
tu distrairais	you would distract
il distrairait	he would distract
elle distrairait	she would distract
nous distrairions	we would distract
vous distrairiez	you would distract
ils distrairaient	they would distract
elles distrairaient	they would distract

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je distraie	(... that) I distract
(... que) tu distraies	(... that) you distract
(... que) il distraie	(... that) he distracts
(... que) elle distraie	(... that) she distracts
(... que) nous distrayions	(... that) we distract
(... que) vous distrayiez	(... that) you distract
(... que) ils distraient	(... that) they distract
(... que) elles distraient	(... that) they distract

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je distrayasse	(... that) I was distracting
(... que) tu distrayasses	(... that) you were distracting
(... que) il distrayât	(... that) he was distracting
(... que) elle distrayât	(... that) she was distracting
(... que) nous distrayassions	(... that) we were distracting
(... que) vous distrayassiez	(... that) you were distracting
(... que) ils distrayassent	(... that) they were distracting
(... que) elles distrayassent	(... that) they were distracting

Imperative		Scored
distrais	Distract
distrayons	Let's distract
distrayez	Distract

Present Participle		Scored
distrayant	distracting

Past Participle		Scored
distrait	distracted

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