The French for dance is the verb danser

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French for dance is the regular ER verb danser, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb danser - French for dance

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of danser, which is French for dance.

• I dance.
• you danced.
• he will dance.
• we would dance.
• they may dance.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for danser, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE danser
Simple Tenses danser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent dance	danse	danses	danse	dansons	dansez	dansent
Past Imperfect Imparfait danced	dansais	dansais	dansait	dansions	dansiez	dansaient
Simple Past Passé Simple danced	dansai	dansas	dansa	dansâmes	dansâtes	dansèrent
Future Futur will dance	danserai	danseras	dansera	danserons	danserez	danseront
Conditional Conditionnel would dance	danserais	danserais	danserait	danserions	danseriez	danseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may dance	danse	danses	danse	dansions	dansiez	dansent
Compound Tenses danser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have danced	ai dansé	as dansé	a dansé	avons dansé	avez dansé	ont dansé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had danced	avais dansé	avais dansé	avait dansé	avions dansé	aviez dansé	avaient dansé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai dansé	auras dansé	aura dansé	aurons dansé	aurez dansé	auront dansé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have danced	aurais dansé	aurais dansé	aurait dansé	aurions dansé	auriez dansé	auraient dansé
Imperative Imperatif dance!		danse		dansons	dansez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of danser the French for dance
présent de l’indicatif

je danse
- I dance
tu danses
- you dance - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on danse
- he, she, it, one dances
nous dansons
- we dance
vous dansez
- you dance (formal or plural)
ils, elles dansent
- they dance

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
imparfait de l’indicatif

je dansais
- I danced
- I was dancing
tu dansais
- you danced- (familiar or informal)
- you were dancing
il, elle, on dansait
- he, she, it, one danced
- he, she, it, one was dancing
nous dansions
- we danced
- we were dancing
vous dansiez
- you danced- (formal or plural)
- you were dancing
ils, elles dansaient
- they danced
- they were dancing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
passé simple

je dansai
- I danced
tu dansas
- you danced- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on dansa
- he, she, it, one danced
nous dansâmes
- we danced
vous dansâtes
- you danced- (formal or plural)
ils, elles dansèrent
they danced
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
futur

je danserai
- I will dance
tu danseras
- you will dance (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on dansera
- he, she, it, one will dance
nous danserons
- we will dance
vous danserez
- you will dance (formal or plural)
ils, elles danseront
- they will dance

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Conditional Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
conditionnel

je danserais
- I would dance
tu danserais
- you would dance (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on danserait
- he, she, it, one would dance
nous danserions
- we would dance
vous danseriez
- you would dance (formal or plural)
ils, elles danseraient
- they would dance

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
présent de subjonctif

que je danse
- that I may dance
que tu danses
- that you may dance(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on danse
- that he, she, it, one may dance
que nous dansions
- that we may dance
que vous dansiez
- that you may dance(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles dansent
- that they may dance

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb danser - the verb ‘to dance’ in French

Past Participle of danser is:
dansé -danced.

• I have danced
• you had danced
• he will have danced
• we would have danced

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of danser - French for dance
passé composé

Here’s the French for dance conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai dansé
- I have danced or I did dance or
- I danced
tu as dansé
- you have danced or you did dance - (familiar or informal) or
- you danced
il, elle, on a dansé
- he, she, it, one has dance or did dance
- he, she, it danced
nous avons dansé
- we have danced or we did dance
- we danced
vous avez dansé
- you have danced or you did dance (formal or plural) or
- or we danced
ils, elles ont dansé
- they have danced or they did dance
- they danced

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of danser - dance in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -dance conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais dansé
- I had danced
tu avais dansé
- you had danced- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait dansé
- he, she, it, one had danced
nous avions dansé
- we had danced
vous aviez dansé
- you had danced (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient dansé
- they had danced

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
futur antérieur

j’aurai dansé
- I will have
tu auras dansé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura dansé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons dansé
- we will have
vous aurez dansé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront dansé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
conditionnel passé

j’aurais dansé
- I would have danced
tu aurais dansé
- you would have danced- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait dansé
- he, she, it, one would have danced
nous aurions dansé
- we would have danced
vous auriez dansé
- you would have danced- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient dansé
- they would have danced

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Imperative Tense conjugations of danser, the French for dance
impératif

danse
- dance!
dansons
- let’s dance!
dansez
- dance!

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Present Participle of danser

dansant - dancing

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