The French for debate is the verb controverser

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French for debate is the regular ER verb controverser, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb controverser - French for debate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of controverser, which is French for debate.

• I debate.
• you debated.
• he will debate.
• we would debate.
• they may debate.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for controverser, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE controverser
Simple Tenses controverser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent debate	controverse	controverses	controverse	controversons	controversez	controversent
Past Imperfect Imparfait debated	controversais	controversais	controversait	controversions	controversiez	controversaient
Simple Past Passé Simple debated	controversai	controversas	controversa	controversâmes	controversâtes	controversèrent
Future Futur will debate	controverserai	controverseras	controversera	controverserons	controverserez	controverseront
Conditional Conditionnel would debate	controverserais	controverserais	controverserait	controverserions	controverseriez	controverseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may debate	controverse	controverses	controverse	controversions	controversiez	controversent
Compound Tenses controverser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have debated	ai controversé	as controversé	a controversé	avons controversé	avez controversé	ont controversé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had debated	avais controversé	avais controversé	avait controversé	avions controversé	aviez controversé	avaient controversé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai controversé	auras controversé	aura controversé	aurons controversé	aurez controversé	auront controversé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have debated	aurais controversé	aurais controversé	aurait controversé	aurions controversé	auriez controversé	auraient controversé
Imperative Imperatif debate!		controverse		controversons	controversez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of controverser the French for debate
présent de l’indicatif

je controverse
- I debate
tu controverses
- you debate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on controverse
- he, she, it, one debates
nous controversons
- we debate
vous controversez
- you debate (formal or plural)
ils, elles controversent
- they debate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
imparfait de l’indicatif

je controversais
- I debated
- I was debating
tu controversais
- you debated- (familiar or informal)
- you were debating
il, elle, on controversait
- he, she, it, one debated
- he, she, it, one was debating
nous controversions
- we debated
- we were debating
vous controversiez
- you debated- (formal or plural)
- you were debating
ils, elles controversaient
- they debated
- they were debating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
passé simple

je controversai
- I debated
tu controversas
- you debated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on controversa
- he, she, it, one debated
nous controversâmes
- we debated
vous controversâtes
- you debated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles controversèrent
they debated
(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 controverser, the French for debate
futur

je controverserai
- I will debate
tu controverseras
- you will debate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on controversera
- he, she, it, one will debate
nous controverserons
- we will debate
vous controverserez
- you will debate (formal or plural)
ils, elles controverseront
- they will debate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
conditionnel

je controverserais
- I would debate
tu controverserais
- you would debate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on controverserait
- he, she, it, one would debate
nous controverserions
- we would debate
vous controverseriez
- you would debate (formal or plural)
ils, elles controverseraient
- they would debate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
présent de subjonctif

que je controverse
- that I may debate
que tu controverses
- that you may debate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on controverse
- that he, she, it, one may debate
que nous controversions
- that we may debate
que vous controversiez
- that you may debate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles controversent
- that they may debate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb controverser - the verb ‘to debate’ in French

Past Participle of controverser is:
controversé -debated.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of controverser - French for debate
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debate
impératif

controverse
- debate!
controversons
- let’s debate!
controversez
- debate!

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Present Participle of controverser

controversant - debating

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