Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Introduction to the verb digresser
The English translation of the French verb digresser is “to digress” or “to go off on a tangent”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “dee-greh-seh”.
The word “digresser” comes from the Latin word “digressus”, meaning “to step aside” or “to deviate”. In everyday French, digresser is most often used in casual conversations or informal writing to describe the act of going off topic or deviating from the main subject.
Three examples of its usage in the Futur Proche tense are:
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Je vais digresser un peu, mais je voulais te raconter une histoire drôle. (I’m going to digress a bit, but I wanted to tell you a funny story.)
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Tu vas sans doute me trouver bizarre, mais je vais encore une fois digresser sur mes théories farfelues. (You will probably find me weird, but I am going to once again digress on my crazy theories.)
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Il va sûrement digresser sur la politique, c’est son sujet préféré. (He is surely going to digress about politics, it’s his favorite topic.)
English translations:
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Je vais digresser un peu, mais je voulais te raconter une histoire drôle. – I’m going to digress a bit, but I wanted to tell you a funny story.
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Tu vas sans doute me trouver bizarre, mais je vais encore une fois digresser sur mes théories farfelues. – You will probably find me weird, but I am going to once again digress on my crazy theories.
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Il va sûrement digresser sur la politique, c’est son sujet préféré. – He is surely going to digress about politics, it’s his favorite topic.
Table of the Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of digresser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | vais digresser | Je vais digresser un peu. | I am going to digress a little. |
tu | vas digresser | Tu vas digresser sur ce sujet. | You are going to digress on this subject. |
il | va digresser | Il va digresser pendant des heures. | He is going to digress for hours. |
elle | va digresser | Elle va digresser en racontant une histoire. | She is going to digress while telling a story. |
on | va digresser | On va digresser avant de revenir au sujet principal. | We/One are going to digress before coming back to the main topic. |
nous | allons digresser | Nous allons digresser ensemble. | We are going to digress together. |
vous | allez digresser | Vous allez digresser sur ce point. | You are going to digress on this point. |
ils | vont digresser | Ils vont digresser lors de la réunion. | They are going to digress during the meeting. |
elles | vont digresser | Elles vont digresser sur différents sujets. | They are going to digress on different subjects. |
Other Conjugations for Digresser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser (this article)
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb digresser
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Digresser – About the French Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense
Formation
1. Conjugate “aller” in the present tense according to the subject pronoun:
2. Add the infinitive of the main verb immediately after “aller.” For example:
Common Everyday Usage
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Conditional Tense
Summary
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