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Conjugation of the French verb dire

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



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
direto say

PresentScored
je disI say
tu disyou say
il dithe says
elle ditshe says
nous disonswe say
vous ditesyou say
ils disentthey say
elles disentthey say

ImperfectScored
je disaisI was saying
tu disaisyou were saying
il disaithe was saying
elle disaitshe was saying
nous disionswe were saying
vous disiezyou were saying
ils disaientthey were saying
elles disaientthey were saying

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.
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je disI said
tu disyou said
il dithe said
elle ditshe said
nous dîmeswe said
vous dîtesyou said
ils direntthey said
elles direntthey said

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai ditI said
tu as dityou said
il a dithe said
elle a ditshe said
nous avons ditwe said
vous avez dityou said
ils ont ditthey said
elles ont ditthey said

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais ditI had said
tu avais dityou had said
il avait dithe had said
elle avait ditshe had said
nous avions ditwe had said
vous aviez dityou had said
ils avaient ditthey had said
elles avaient ditthey had said

FutureScored
je diraiI will say
tu dirasyou will say
il dirahe will say
elle dirashe will say
nous dironswe will say
vous direzyou will say
ils dirontthey will say
elles dirontthey will say

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.
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j'aurai ditI will have said
tu auras dityou will have said
il aura dithe will have said
elle aura ditshe will have said
nous aurons ditwe will have said
vous aurez dityou will have said
ils auront ditthey will have said
elles auront ditthey will have said

ConditionalScored
je diraisI would say
tu diraisyou would say
il diraithe would say
elle diraitshe would say
nous dirionswe would say
vous diriezyou would say
ils diraientthey would say
elles diraientthey would say

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.
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j'aurais ditI would have said
tu aurais dityou would have said
il aurait dithe would have said
elle aurait ditshe would have said
nous aurions ditwe would have said
vous auriez dityou would have said
ils auraient ditthey would have said
elles auraient ditthey would have said

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je dise(... that) I say
(... que) tu dises(... that) you say
(... que) il dise(... that) he says
(... que) elle dise(... that) she says
(... que) nous disions(... that) we say
(... que) vous disiez(... that) you say
(... que) ils disent(... that) they say
(... que) elles disent(... that) they say

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je disse(... that) I was saying
(... que) tu disses(... that) you were saying
(... que) il dît(... that) he was saying
(... que) elle dît(... that) she was saying
(... que) nous dissions(... that) we were saying
(... que) vous dissiez(... that) you were saying
(... que) ils dissent(... that) they were saying
(... que) elles dissent(... that) they were saying

ImperativeScored
dis Say
disonsLet's say
dites Say

Present ParticipleScored
disant saying

Past ParticipleScored
dit said

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