déplacer — French conjugation

to move

Frequency#256IrregularReflexivese déplacer — to move about; to travel

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
jedéplaceI move
tudéplacesyou move
il/elledéplacehe/she/it moves
nousdéplaçonswe move
vousdéplacezyou (pl.) move
ils/ellesdéplacentthey 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
jedéplaçaiI moved
tudéplaçasyou moved
il/elledéplaçahe/she/it moved
nousdéplaçâmeswe moved
vousdéplaçâtesyou (pl.) moved
ils/ellesdéplacèrentthey 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
jedéplaçais
tudéplaçais
il/elledéplaçait
nousdéplacions
vousdéplaciez
ils/ellesdéplaçaient

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
jedéplaceraisI would move
tudéplaceraisyou would move
il/elledéplaceraithe/she/it would move
nousdéplacerionswe would move
vousdéplaceriezyou (pl.) would move
ils/ellesdéplaceraientthey 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
jedéplaceraiI will move
tudéplacerasyou will move
il/elledéplacerahe/she/it will move
nousdéplaceronswe will move
vousdéplacerezyou (pl.) will move
ils/ellesdéplacerontthey 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 déplacéI have moved
tutu as déplacéyou have moved
il/elleil/elle a déplacéhe/she/it has moved
nousnous avons déplacéwe have moved
vousvous avez déplacéyou (pl.) have moved
ils/ellesils/elles ont déplacéthey 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 déplacéI had moved
tutu avais déplacéyou had moved
il/elleil/elle avait déplacéhe/she/it had moved
nousnous avions déplacéwe had moved
vousvous aviez déplacéyou (pl.) had moved
ils/ellesils/elles avaient déplacéthey 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 déplacé
tutu aurais déplacé
il/elleil/elle aurait déplacé
nousnous aurions déplacé
vousvous auriez déplacé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient déplacé

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 déplacéI will have moved
tutu auras déplacéyou will have moved
il/elleil/elle aura déplacéhe/she/it will have moved
nousnous aurons déplacéwe will have moved
vousvous aurez déplacéyou (pl.) will have moved
ils/ellesils/elles auront déplacéthey 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
jedéplace
tudéplaces
il/elledéplace
nousdéplacions
vousdéplaciez
ils/ellesdéplacent

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
jedéplaçasse
tudéplaçasses
il/elledéplaçât
nousdéplaçassions
vousdéplaçassiez
ils/ellesdéplaçassent

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
tudéplace
nousdéplaçons
vousdéplacez