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Conjugation of the French verb découvrir

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

découvrir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
découvrir	to discover

Present		Scored
je découvre	I discover
tu découvres	you discover
il découvre	he discovers
elle découvre	she discovers
nous découvrons	we discover
vous découvrez	you discover
ils découvrent	they discover
elles découvrent	they discover

Imperfect		Scored
je découvrais	I was discovering
tu découvrais	you were discovering
il découvrait	he was discovering
elle découvrait	she was discovering
nous découvrions	we were discovering
vous découvriez	you were discovering
ils découvraient	they were discovering
elles découvraient	they were discovering

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 découvris	I discovered
tu découvris	you discovered
il découvrit	he discovered
elle découvrit	she discovered
nous découvrîmes	we discovered
vous découvrîtes	you discovered
ils découvrirent	they discovered
elles découvrirent	they discovered

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

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

Future		Scored
je découvrirai	I will discover
tu découvriras	you will discover
il découvrira	he will discover
elle découvrira	she will discover
nous découvrirons	we will discover
vous découvrirez	you will discover
ils découvriront	they will discover
elles découvriront	they will discover

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

Conditional		Scored
je découvrirais	I would discover
tu découvrirais	you would discover
il découvrirait	he would discover
elle découvrirait	she would discover
nous découvririons	we would discover
vous découvririez	you would discover
ils découvriraient	they would discover
elles découvriraient	they would discover

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je découvre	(... that) I discover
(... que) tu découvres	(... that) you discover
(... que) il découvre	(... that) he discovers
(... que) elle découvre	(... that) she discovers
(... que) nous découvrions	(... that) we discover
(... que) vous découvriez	(... that) you discover
(... que) ils découvrent	(... that) they discover
(... que) elles découvrent	(... that) they discover

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je découvrisse	(... that) I was discovering
(... que) tu découvrisses	(... that) you were discovering
(... que) il découvrît	(... that) he was discovering
(... que) elle découvrît	(... that) she was discovering
(... que) nous découvrissions	(... that) we were discovering
(... que) vous découvrissiez	(... that) you were discovering
(... que) ils découvrissent	(... that) they were discovering
(... que) elles découvrissent	(... that) they were discovering

Imperative		Scored
découvre	Discover
découvrons	Let's discover
découvrez	Discover

Present Participle		Scored
découvrant	discovering

Past Participle		Scored
découvert	discovered

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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