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French Verbs

Infinitive - devoir - "owe", "must", "ought", "have to", "should" - irregular verb

Present participle - devant

Past participle - dû (due)

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présent de l'indicatif

je dois

I must

tu dois

you must

il doit

he must

elle doit

she must

nous devons

we must

vous devez

you must

ils doivent

they must

elles doivent

they must

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imparfait de l'indicatif

je devais

I should have

tu devais

you should have

il devait

he should have

elle devait

she should have

nous devions

we should have

vous deviez

you should have

ils devaient

they should have

elles devaient

they should have

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passé simple

je dus

I owed

tu dus

you owed

il dut

he owed

elle dut

she owed

nous dûmes

we owed

vous dûtes

you owed

ils durent

they owed

elles durent

they owed

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futur

je devrai

I will have to

tu devras

you will have to

il devra

he will have to

elle devra

she will have to

nous devrons

we will have to

vous devrez

you will have to

ils devront

they will have to

elles devront

they will have to

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conditionnel

je devrais

I would

tu devrais

you would

il devrait

he would

elle devrait

she would

nous devrions

we would

vous devriez

you would

ils devraient

they would

elles devraient

they would

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présent du subjonctif

je doive

I would have to

tu doives

you would have to

il doive

he would have to

elle doive

she would have to

nous devions

we would have to

vous deviez

you would have to

ils doivent

they would have to

elles doivent

they would have to

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imparfait du subjonctif

je dusse

I would have had to

tu dusses

you would have had to

il dût

he would have had to

elle dût

she would have had to

nous dussions

we would have had to

vous dussiez

you would have had to

ils dussent

they would have had to

elles dussent

they would have had to

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passé composé

j'ai dû

I had to

tu as dû

you had to

il a dû

he had to

elle a dû

she had to

nous avons dû

we had to

vous avez dû

you had to

ils ont dû

they had to

elles ont dû

they had to

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plus-que-parfait de l'indicatif

j'avais dû

I had had to

tu avais dû

you had had to

il avait dû

he had had to

elle avait dû

she had had to

nous avions dû

we had had to

vous aviez dû

you had had to

ils avaient dû

they had had to

elles avaient dû

they had had to

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passé antérieur

j'eus dû

I had to

tu eus dû

you had to

il eut dû

he had to

elle eut dû

she had to

nous eûmes dû

we had to

vous eûtes dû

you had to

ils eurent dû

they had to

elles eurent dû

they had to

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futur antérieur

j'aurai dû

I will have had to

tu auras dû

you will have had to

il aura dû

he will have had to

elle aura dû

she will have had to

nous aurons dû

we will have had to

vous aurez dû

you will have had to

ils auront dû

they will have had to

elles auront dû

they will have had to

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conditionnel passé

j'aurais dû

I would have had to

tu aurais dû

you would have had to

il aurait dû

he would have had to

elle aurait dû

she would have had to

nous aurions dû

we would have had to

vous auriez dû

you would have had to

ils auraient dû

they would have had to

elles auraient dû

they would have had to

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passé du subjonctif

j'aie dû

I were to have owed

tu aies dû

you were to have owed

il ait dû

he were to have owed

elle ait dû

she were to have owed

nous ayons dû

we were to have owed

vous ayez dû

you were to have owed

ils aient dû

they were to have owed

elles aient dû

they were to have owed

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plus-que-parfait du subjonctif

j'eusse dû

I were to have had to

tu eusses dû

you were to have had to

il eût dû

he were to have had to

elle eût dû

she were to have had to

nous eussions dû

we were to have had to

vous eussiez dû

you were to have had to

ils eussent dû

they were to have had to

elles eussent dû

they were to have had to

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impératif

Dois!

You must! [familiar]

Devons!

We must!

Devez!

You must! [plural/formal]