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Conjugation of the French verb dîner

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

dîner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
dîner	to dine

Present		Scored
je dîne	I dine
tu dînes	you dine
il dîne	he dines
elle dîne	she dines
nous dînons	we dine
vous dînez	you dine
ils dînent	they dine
elles dînent	they dine

Imperfect		Scored
je dînais	I was dining
tu dînais	you were dining
il dînait	he was dining
elle dînait	she was dining
nous dînions	we were dining
vous dîniez	you were dining
ils dînaient	they were dining
elles dînaient	they were dining

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 dînai	I dined
tu dînas	you dined
il dîna	he dined
elle dîna	she dined
nous dînâmes	we dined
vous dînâtes	you dined
ils dînèrent	they dined
elles dînèrent	they dined

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

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

Future		Scored
je dînerai	I will dine
tu dîneras	you will dine
il dînera	he will dine
elle dînera	she will dine
nous dînerons	we will dine
vous dînerez	you will dine
ils dîneront	they will dine
elles dîneront	they will dine

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

Conditional		Scored
je dînerais	I would dine
tu dînerais	you would dine
il dînerait	he would dine
elle dînerait	she would dine
nous dînerions	we would dine
vous dîneriez	you would dine
ils dîneraient	they would dine
elles dîneraient	they would dine

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dîne	(... that) I dine
(... que) tu dînes	(... that) you dine
(... que) il dîne	(... that) he dines
(... que) elle dîne	(... that) she dines
(... que) nous dînions	(... that) we dine
(... que) vous dîniez	(... that) you dine
(... que) ils dînent	(... that) they dine
(... que) elles dînent	(... that) they dine

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dînasse	(... that) I was dining
(... que) tu dînasses	(... that) you were dining
(... que) il dînât	(... that) he was dining
(... que) elle dînât	(... that) she was dining
(... que) nous dînassions	(... that) we were dining
(... que) vous dînassiez	(... that) you were dining
(... que) ils dînassent	(... that) they were dining
(... que) elles dînassent	(... that) they were dining

Imperative		Scored
dîne	Dine
dînons	Let's dine
dînez	Dine

Present Participle		Scored
dînant	dining

Past Participle		Scored
dîné	dined

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