discuter: Conjugation

The discuter conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb discuter according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of discuter, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of discuter at the end of this page.

PresentPerfect

jediscute
tudiscutes
il/ellediscute
nousdiscutons
vousdiscutez
ils/ellesdiscutent
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j'ai discuté
tuas discuté
il/ellea discuté
nousavons discuté
vousavez discuté
ils/ellesont discuté
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ImperfectPluperfect

jediscutais
tudiscutais
il/ellediscutait
nousdiscutions
vousdiscutiez
ils/ellesdiscutaient
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j'avais discuté
tuavais discuté
il/elleavait discuté
nousavions discuté
vousaviez discuté
ils/ellesavaient discuté
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FutureFuture-perfect

jediscuterai
tudiscuteras
il/ellediscutera
nousdiscuterons
vousdiscuterez
ils/ellesdiscuteront
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j'aurai discuté
tuauras discuté
il/elleaura discuté
nousaurons discuté
vousaurez discuté
ils/ellesauront discuté
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jediscuterais
tudiscuterais
il/ellediscuterait
nousdiscuterions
vousdiscuteriez
ils/ellesdiscuteraient
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j'aurais discuté
tuaurais discuté
il/elleaurait discuté
nousaurions discuté
vousauriez discuté
ils/ellesauraient discuté
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jediscute
tudiscutes
il/ellediscute
nousdiscutions
vousdiscutiez
ils/ellesdiscutent
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j'aie discuté
tuaies discuté
il/elleait discuté
nousayons discuté
vousayez discuté
ils/ellesaient discuté
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Past historicPast anterior

jediscutai
tudiscutas
il/ellediscuta
nousdiscutâmes
vousdiscutâtes
ils/ellesdiscutèrent
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j'eus discuté
tueus discuté
il/elleeut discuté
nouseûmes discuté
vouseûtes discuté
ils/elleseurent discuté
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This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.