déménager — French conjugation

to move (house)

Frequency#494Irregular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéménageI move
tudéménagesyou move
il/elledéménagehe/she/it moves
nousdéménageonswe move
vousdéménagezyou (pl.) move
ils/ellesdéménagentthey move

Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéménageaiI moved
tudéménageasyou moved
il/elledéménageahe/she/it moved
nousdéménageâmeswe moved
vousdéménageâtesyou (pl.) moved
ils/ellesdéménagèrentthey moved

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jedéménageais
tudéménageais
il/elledéménageait
nousdéménagions
vousdéménagiez
ils/ellesdéménageaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéménageraisI would move
tudéménageraisyou would move
il/elledéménageraithe/she/it would move
nousdéménagerionswe would move
vousdéménageriezyou (pl.) would move
ils/ellesdéménageraientthey would move

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéménageraiI will move
tudéménagerasyou will move
il/elledéménagerahe/she/it will move
nousdéménageronswe will move
vousdéménagerezyou (pl.) will move
ils/ellesdéménagerontthey will move

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai déménagéI have moved
tutu as déménagéyou have moved
il/elleil/elle a déménagéhe/she/it has moved
nousnous avons déménagéwe have moved
vousvous avez déménagéyou (pl.) have moved
ils/ellesils/elles ont déménagéthey have moved

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais déménagéI had moved
tutu avais déménagéyou had moved
il/elleil/elle avait déménagéhe/she/it had moved
nousnous avions déménagéwe had moved
vousvous aviez déménagéyou (pl.) had moved
ils/ellesils/elles avaient déménagéthey had moved

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais déménagé
tutu aurais déménagé
il/elleil/elle aurait déménagé
nousnous aurions déménagé
vousvous auriez déménagé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient déménagé

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai déménagéI will have moved
tutu auras déménagéyou will have moved
il/elleil/elle aura déménagéhe/she/it will have moved
nousnous aurons déménagéwe will have moved
vousvous aurez déménagéyou (pl.) will have moved
ils/ellesils/elles auront déménagéthey will have moved

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jedéménage
tudéménages
il/elledéménage
nousdéménagions
vousdéménagiez
ils/ellesdéménagent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jedéménageasse
tudéménageasses
il/elledéménageât
nousdéménageassions
vousdéménageassiez
ils/ellesdéménageassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tudéménage
nousdéménageons
vousdéménagez