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Conjugation of the French verb détruire

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

détruire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
détruire	to destroy

Present		Scored
je détruis	I destroy
tu détruis	you destroy
il détruit	he destroys
elle détruit	she destroys
nous détruisons	we destroy
vous détruisez	you destroy
ils détruisent	they destroy
elles détruisent	they destroy

Imperfect		Scored
je détruisais	I was destroying
tu détruisais	you were destroying
il détruisait	he was destroying
elle détruisait	she was destroying
nous détruisions	we were destroying
vous détruisiez	you were destroying
ils détruisaient	they were destroying
elles détruisaient	they were destroying

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 détruisis	I destroyed
tu détruisis	you destroyed
il détruisit	he destroyed
elle détruisit	she destroyed
nous détruisîmes	we destroyed
vous détruisîtes	you destroyed
ils détruisirent	they destroyed
elles détruisirent	they destroyed

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

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

Future		Scored
je détruirai	I will destroy
tu détruiras	you will destroy
il détruira	he will destroy
elle détruira	she will destroy
nous détruirons	we will destroy
vous détruirez	you will destroy
ils détruiront	they will destroy
elles détruiront	they will destroy

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

Conditional		Scored
je détruirais	I would destroy
tu détruirais	you would destroy
il détruirait	he would destroy
elle détruirait	she would destroy
nous détruirions	we would destroy
vous détruiriez	you would destroy
ils détruiraient	they would destroy
elles détruiraient	they would destroy

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je détruise	(... that) I destroy
(... que) tu détruises	(... that) you destroy
(... que) il détruise	(... that) he destroys
(... que) elle détruise	(... that) she destroys
(... que) nous détruisions	(... that) we destroy
(... que) vous détruisiez	(... that) you destroy
(... que) ils détruisent	(... that) they destroy
(... que) elles détruisent	(... that) they destroy

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je détruisisse	(... that) I was destroying
(... que) tu détruisisses	(... that) you were destroying
(... que) il détruisît	(... that) he was destroying
(... que) elle détruisît	(... that) she was destroying
(... que) nous détruisissions	(... that) we were destroying
(... que) vous détruisissiez	(... that) you were destroying
(... que) ils détruisissent	(... that) they were destroying
(... que) elles détruisissent	(... that) they were destroying

Imperative		Scored
détruis	Destroy
détruisons	Let's destroy
détruisez	Destroy

Present Participle		Scored
détruisant	destroying

Past Participle		Scored
détruit	destroyed

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