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Conjugation of the French verb douter

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

douter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
douter	to doubt

Present		Scored
je doute	I doubt
tu doutes	you doubt
il doute	he doubts
elle doute	she doubts
nous doutons	we doubt
vous doutez	you doubt
ils doutent	they doubt
elles doutent	they doubt

Imperfect		Scored
je doutais	I was doubting
tu doutais	you were doubting
il doutait	he was doubting
elle doutait	she was doubting
nous doutions	we were doubting
vous doutiez	you were doubting
ils doutaient	they were doubting
elles doutaient	they were doubting

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 doutai	I doubted
tu doutas	you doubted
il douta	he doubted
elle douta	she doubted
nous doutâmes	we doubted
vous doutâtes	you doubted
ils doutèrent	they doubted
elles doutèrent	they doubted

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

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

Future		Scored
je douterai	I will doubt
tu douteras	you will doubt
il doutera	he will doubt
elle doutera	she will doubt
nous douterons	we will doubt
vous douterez	you will doubt
ils douteront	they will doubt
elles douteront	they will doubt

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

Conditional		Scored
je douterais	I would doubt
tu douterais	you would doubt
il douterait	he would doubt
elle douterait	she would doubt
nous douterions	we would doubt
vous douteriez	you would doubt
ils douteraient	they would doubt
elles douteraient	they would doubt

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je doute	(... that) I doubt
(... que) tu doutes	(... that) you doubt
(... que) il doute	(... that) he doubts
(... que) elle doute	(... that) she doubts
(... que) nous doutions	(... that) we doubt
(... que) vous doutiez	(... that) you doubt
(... que) ils doutent	(... that) they doubt
(... que) elles doutent	(... that) they doubt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je doutasse	(... that) I was doubting
(... que) tu doutasses	(... that) you were doubting
(... que) il doutât	(... that) he was doubting
(... que) elle doutât	(... that) she was doubting
(... que) nous doutassions	(... that) we were doubting
(... que) vous doutassiez	(... that) you were doubting
(... que) ils doutassent	(... that) they were doubting
(... que) elles doutassent	(... that) they were doubting

Imperative		Scored
doute	Doubt
doutons	Let's doubt
doutez	Doubt

Present Participle		Scored
doutant	doubting

Past Participle		Scored
douté	doubted

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