L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Introduction to the verb distancer
The English translation of the French verb distancer is “to distance/to outrun.” It is pronounced as “dee-stahn-say” in its infinitive form.
The origin of the word distancer can be traced back to the Latin word “distantia” which means distance or gap. In everyday French, the verb distancer is most often used in the L’infinitif Présent tense to express the action of creating a distance or gap between two things or people, both literally and figuratively.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, along with their English translations:
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Nous essayons de distancer les autres coureurs. (We are trying to outrun the other runners.)
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Les années ont distancé nos souvenirs d’enfance. (The years have distanced our childhood memories.)
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Il faut distancer les voitures devant nous pour éviter l’accident. (We need to distance ourselves from the cars in front of us to avoid an accident.)
Table of the L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of distancer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | distance | Je distance mes adversaires. | I outdistance my opponents. |
tu | distances | Tu distances les autres. | You outdistance the others. |
il | distance | Il distance son ennemi. | He outdistances his enemy. |
elle | distance | Elle distance son rival. | She outdistances her rival. |
on | distance | On distance nos concurrents. | We outdistance our competitors. |
nous | distançons | Nous distançons le peloton. | We outdistance the pack. |
vous | distancez | Vous distancez vos adversaires. | You outdistance your opponents. |
ils | distancent | Ils distancent leurs concurrents. | They outdistance their competitors. |
elles | distancent | Elles distancent leurs adversaires. | They outdistance their opponents. |
Other Conjugations for Distancer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer (this article)
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Distancer – About the French L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense
Forming the Infinitive Present
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
As a Verb’s Dictionary Form
After Modal Verbs
As an Imperative
In Infinitive Clauses
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Passé Composé
Imperfect Tense
Subjunctive and Conditional Moods
Summary
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