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Conjugation of the French verb débattre

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

débattre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
débattre	to debate

Present		Scored
je débats	I debate
tu débats	you debate
il débat	he debates
elle débat	she debates
nous débattons	we debate
vous débattez	you debate
ils débattent	they debate
elles débattent	they debate

Imperfect		Scored
je débattais	I was debating
tu débattais	you were debating
il débattait	he was debating
elle débattait	she was debating
nous débattions	we were debating
vous débattiez	you were debating
ils débattaient	they were debating
elles débattaient	they were debating

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 débattis	I debated
tu débattis	you debated
il débattit	he debated
elle débattit	she debated
nous débattîmes	we debated
vous débattîtes	you debated
ils débattirent	they debated
elles débattirent	they debated

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

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

Future		Scored
je débattrai	I will debate
tu débattras	you will debate
il débattra	he will debate
elle débattra	she will debate
nous débattrons	we will debate
vous débattrez	you will debate
ils débattront	they will debate
elles débattront	they will debate

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

Conditional		Scored
je débattrais	I would debate
tu débattrais	you would debate
il débattrait	he would debate
elle débattrait	she would debate
nous débattrions	we would debate
vous débattriez	you would debate
ils débattraient	they would debate
elles débattraient	they would debate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je débatte	(... that) I debate
(... que) tu débattes	(... that) you debate
(... que) il débatte	(... that) he debates
(... que) elle débatte	(... that) she debates
(... que) nous débattions	(... that) we debate
(... que) vous débattiez	(... that) you debate
(... que) ils débattent	(... that) they debate
(... que) elles débattent	(... that) they debate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je débattisse	(... that) I was debating
(... que) tu débattisses	(... that) you were debating
(... que) il débattît	(... that) he was debating
(... que) elle débattît	(... that) she was debating
(... que) nous débattissions	(... that) we were debating
(... que) vous débattissiez	(... that) you were debating
(... que) ils débattissent	(... that) they were debating
(... que) elles débattissent	(... that) they were debating

Imperative		Scored
débats	Debate
débattons	Let's debate
débattez	Debate

Present Participle		Scored
débattant	debating

Past Participle		Scored
débattu	debated

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