déranger — French conjugation

to disturb

Frequency#74IrregularReflexivese déranger — to put oneself out

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
jedérangeI disturb
tudérangesyou disturb
il/elledérangehe/she/it disturbs
nousdérangeonswe disturb
vousdérangezyou (pl.) disturb
ils/ellesdérangentthey disturb

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
jedérangeaiI disturbed
tudérangeasyou disturbed
il/elledérangeahe/she/it disturbed
nousdérangeâmeswe disturbed
vousdérangeâtesyou (pl.) disturbed
ils/ellesdérangèrentthey disturbed

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
jedérangeais
tudérangeais
il/elledérangeait
nousdérangions
vousdérangiez
ils/ellesdérangeaient

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
jedérangeraisI would disturb
tudérangeraisyou would disturb
il/elledérangeraithe/she/it would disturb
nousdérangerionswe would disturb
vousdérangeriezyou (pl.) would disturb
ils/ellesdérangeraientthey would disturb

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
jedérangeraiI will disturb
tudérangerasyou will disturb
il/elledérangerahe/she/it will disturb
nousdérangeronswe will disturb
vousdérangerezyou (pl.) will disturb
ils/ellesdérangerontthey will disturb

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 dérangéI have disturbed
tutu as dérangéyou have disturbed
il/elleil/elle a dérangéhe/she/it has disturbed
nousnous avons dérangéwe have disturbed
vousvous avez dérangéyou (pl.) have disturbed
ils/ellesils/elles ont dérangéthey have disturbed

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 dérangéI had disturbed
tutu avais dérangéyou had disturbed
il/elleil/elle avait dérangéhe/she/it had disturbed
nousnous avions dérangéwe had disturbed
vousvous aviez dérangéyou (pl.) had disturbed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient dérangéthey had disturbed

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 dérangé
tutu aurais dérangé
il/elleil/elle aurait dérangé
nousnous aurions dérangé
vousvous auriez dérangé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient dérangé

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 dérangéI will have disturbed
tutu auras dérangéyou will have disturbed
il/elleil/elle aura dérangéhe/she/it will have disturbed
nousnous aurons dérangéwe will have disturbed
vousvous aurez dérangéyou (pl.) will have disturbed
ils/ellesils/elles auront dérangéthey will have disturbed

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
jedérange
tudéranges
il/elledérange
nousdérangions
vousdérangiez
ils/ellesdérangent

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
jedérangeasse
tudérangeasses
il/elledérangeât
nousdérangeassions
vousdérangeassiez
ils/ellesdérangeassent

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
tudérange
nousdérangeons
vousdérangez