The French for desert is the verb déserter

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French for desert is the regular ER verb déserter, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb déserter - French for desert

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of déserter, which is French for desert.

• I desert.
• you deserted.
• he will desert.
• we would desert.
• they may desert.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for déserter, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE déserter
Simple Tenses déserter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent desert	déserte	désertes	déserte	désertons	désertez	désertent
Past Imperfect Imparfait deserted	désertais	désertais	désertait	désertions	désertiez	désertaient
Simple Past Passé Simple deserted	désertai	désertas	déserta	désertâmes	désertâtes	désertèrent
Future Futur will desert	déserterai	déserteras	désertera	déserterons	déserterez	déserteront
Conditional Conditionnel would desert	déserterais	déserterais	déserterait	déserterions	déserteriez	déserteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may desert	déserte	désertes	déserte	désertions	désertiez	désertent
Compound Tenses déserter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have deserted	ai déserté	as déserté	a déserté	avons déserté	avez déserté	ont déserté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had deserted	avais déserté	avais déserté	avait déserté	avions déserté	aviez déserté	avaient déserté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai déserté	auras déserté	aura déserté	aurons déserté	aurez déserté	auront déserté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have deserted	aurais déserté	aurais déserté	aurait déserté	aurions déserté	auriez déserté	auraient déserté
Imperative Imperatif desert!		déserte		désertons	désertez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of déserter the French for desert
présent de l’indicatif

je déserte
- I desert
tu désertes
- you desert - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on déserte
- he, she, it, one deserts
nous désertons
- we desert
vous désertez
- you desert (formal or plural)
ils, elles désertent
- they desert

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
imparfait de l’indicatif

je désertais
- I deserted
- I was deserting
tu désertais
- you deserted- (familiar or informal)
- you were deserting
il, elle, on désertait
- he, she, it, one deserted
- he, she, it, one was deserting
nous désertions
- we deserted
- we were deserting
vous désertiez
- you deserted- (formal or plural)
- you were deserting
ils, elles désertaient
- they deserted
- they were deserting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
passé simple

je désertai
- I deserted
tu désertas
- you deserted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on déserta
- he, she, it, one deserted
nous désertâmes
- we deserted
vous désertâtes
- you deserted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles désertèrent
they deserted
(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 déserter, the French for desert
futur

je déserterai
- I will desert
tu déserteras
- you will desert (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on désertera
- he, she, it, one will desert
nous déserterons
- we will desert
vous déserterez
- you will desert (formal or plural)
ils, elles déserteront
- they will desert

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Conditional Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
conditionnel

je déserterais
- I would desert
tu déserterais
- you would desert (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on déserterait
- he, she, it, one would desert
nous déserterions
- we would desert
vous déserteriez
- you would desert (formal or plural)
ils, elles déserteraient
- they would desert

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
présent de subjonctif

que je déserte
- that I may desert
que tu désertes
- that you may desert(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on déserte
- that he, she, it, one may desert
que nous désertions
- that we may desert
que vous désertiez
- that you may desert(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles désertent
- that they may desert

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb déserter - the verb ‘to desert’ in French

Past Participle of déserter is:
déserté -deserted.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of déserter - French for desert
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of déserter, the French for desert
impératif

déserte
- desert!
désertons
- let’s desert!
désertez
- desert!

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Present Participle of déserter

désertant - deserting

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