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Conjugation of the French verb détourner

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

détourner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
détourner	to divert

Present		Scored
je détourne	I divert
tu détournes	you divert
il détourne	he diverts
elle détourne	she diverts
nous détournons	we divert
vous détournez	you divert
ils détournent	they divert
elles détournent	they divert

Imperfect		Scored
je détournais	I was diverting
tu détournais	you were diverting
il détournait	he was diverting
elle détournait	she was diverting
nous détournions	we were diverting
vous détourniez	you were diverting
ils détournaient	they were diverting
elles détournaient	they were diverting

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 détournai	I diverted
tu détournas	you diverted
il détourna	he diverted
elle détourna	she diverted
nous détournâmes	we diverted
vous détournâtes	you diverted
ils détournèrent	they diverted
elles détournèrent	they diverted

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

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

Future		Scored
je détournerai	I will divert
tu détourneras	you will divert
il détournera	he will divert
elle détournera	she will divert
nous détournerons	we will divert
vous détournerez	you will divert
ils détourneront	they will divert
elles détourneront	they will divert

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

Conditional		Scored
je détournerais	I would divert
tu détournerais	you would divert
il détournerait	he would divert
elle détournerait	she would divert
nous détournerions	we would divert
vous détourneriez	you would divert
ils détourneraient	they would divert
elles détourneraient	they would divert

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je détourne	(... that) I divert
(... que) tu détournes	(... that) you divert
(... que) il détourne	(... that) he diverts
(... que) elle détourne	(... that) she diverts
(... que) nous détournions	(... that) we divert
(... que) vous détourniez	(... that) you divert
(... que) ils détournent	(... that) they divert
(... que) elles détournent	(... that) they divert

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je détournasse	(... that) I was diverting
(... que) tu détournasses	(... that) you were diverting
(... que) il détournât	(... that) he was diverting
(... que) elle détournât	(... that) she was diverting
(... que) nous détournassions	(... that) we were diverting
(... que) vous détournassiez	(... that) you were diverting
(... que) ils détournassent	(... that) they were diverting
(... que) elles détournassent	(... that) they were diverting

Imperative		Scored
détourne	Divert
détournons	Let's divert
détournez	Divert

Present Participle		Scored
détournant	diverting

Past Participle		Scored
détourné	diverted

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