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Conjugation of the French verb débiter

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

débiter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
débiter	to reel off

Present		Scored
je débite	I reel off
tu débites	you reel off
il débite	he reels off
elle débite	she reels off
nous débitons	we reel off
vous débitez	you reel off
ils débitent	they reel off
elles débitent	they reel off

Imperfect		Scored
je débitais	I was reeling off
tu débitais	you were reeling off
il débitait	he was reeling off
elle débitait	she was reeling off
nous débitions	we were reeling off
vous débitiez	you were reeling off
ils débitaient	they were reeling off
elles débitaient	they were reeling off

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 débitai	I reeled off
tu débitas	you reeled off
il débita	he reeled off
elle débita	she reeled off
nous débitâmes	we reeled off
vous débitâtes	you reeled off
ils débitèrent	they reeled off
elles débitèrent	they reeled off

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

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

Future		Scored
je débiterai	I will reel off
tu débiteras	you will reel off
il débitera	he will reel off
elle débitera	she will reel off
nous débiterons	we will reel off
vous débiterez	you will reel off
ils débiteront	they will reel off
elles débiteront	they will reel off

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

Conditional		Scored
je débiterais	I would reel off
tu débiterais	you would reel off
il débiterait	he would reel off
elle débiterait	she would reel off
nous débiterions	we would reel off
vous débiteriez	you would reel off
ils débiteraient	they would reel off
elles débiteraient	they would reel off

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je débite	(... that) I reel off
(... que) tu débites	(... that) you reel off
(... que) il débite	(... that) he reels off
(... que) elle débite	(... that) she reels off
(... que) nous débitions	(... that) we reel off
(... que) vous débitiez	(... that) you reel off
(... que) ils débitent	(... that) they reel off
(... que) elles débitent	(... that) they reel off

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je débitasse	(... that) I was reeling off
(... que) tu débitasses	(... that) you were reeling off
(... que) il débitât	(... that) he was reeling off
(... que) elle débitât	(... that) she was reeling off
(... que) nous débitassions	(... that) we were reeling off
(... que) vous débitassiez	(... that) you were reeling off
(... que) ils débitassent	(... that) they were reeling off
(... que) elles débitassent	(... that) they were reeling off

Imperative		Scored
débite	Reel off
débitons	Let's reel off
débitez	Reel off

Present Participle		Scored
débitant	reeling off

Past Participle		Scored
débité	reeled off

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