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deviner
deviner
French
Verb
deviner
- to guess; to work out, figure out
- to sense, perceive
Conjugation
Conjugation of deviner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | deviner | avoir deviné | |||||
| gerund | en devinant | en ayant deviné | |||||
| present participle | devinant /də.vi.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | deviné /də.vi.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | devine /də.vin/ |
devines /də.vin/ |
devine /də.vin/ |
devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/ |
devinez /də.vi.ne/ |
devinent /də.vin/ |
| imperfect | devinais /də.vi.nɛ/ |
devinais /də.vi.nɛ/ |
devinait /də.vi.nɛ/ |
devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/ |
deviniez /də.vi.nje/ |
devinaient /də.vi.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | devinai /də.vi.ne/ |
devinas /də.vi.na/ |
devina /də.vi.na/ |
devinâmes /də.vi.nam/ |
devinâtes /də.vi.nat/ |
devinèrent /də.vi.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | devinerai /də.vin.ʁe/ |
devineras /də.vin.ʁa/ |
devinera /də.vin.ʁa/ |
devinerons /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/ |
devinerez /də.vin.ʁe/ |
devineront /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
devinerait /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
devinerions /də.vi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
devineriez /də.vi.nə.ʁje/ |
devineraient /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | devine /də.vin/ |
devines /də.vin/ |
devine /də.vin/ |
devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/ |
deviniez /də.vi.nje/ |
devinent /də.vin/ |
| imperfect1 |
devinasse /də.vi.nas/ |
devinasses /də.vi.nas/ |
devinât /də.vi.na/ |
devinassions /də.vi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
devinassiez /də.vi.na.sje/ |
devinassent /də.vi.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | devine /də.vin/ |
— | devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/ |
devinez /də.vi.ne/ |
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