Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Introduction to the verb dérouter
The English translation of the French verb dérouter is “to divert” or “to detour.” It is pronounced as “day-roo-tay” in its infinitive form.
The word dérouter comes from the Old French word “desrouter,” which means “to go astray” or “to get lost.” It is derived from the Latin word “disrumpere,” which means “to break apart.”
In everyday French, dérouter is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about actions that have been completed in the past. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with the respective English translations:
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J’ai dû me dérouter pour éviter le trafic.
(I had to detour to avoid traffic.) -
Les plans de vol ont été déroutés en raison du mauvais temps.
(The flight plans were diverted due to bad weather.) -
Nous nous sommes déroutés de notre itinéraire pour visiter un village pittoresque.
(We diverted from our itinerary to visit a picturesque village.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of dérouter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai dérouté | J’ai dérouté mon ennemi. | I disoriented my enemy. |
tu | as dérouté | Tu as dérouté les passagers. | You disoriented the passengers. |
il | a dérouté | Il a dérouté l’avion. | He diverted the plane. |
elle | a dérouté | Elle a dérouté les regards. | She diverted the attention. |
on | a dérouté | On a dérouté les plans. | We altered the plans. |
nous | avons dérouté | Nous avons dérouté le cours du fleuve. | We diverted the course of the river. |
vous | avez dérouté | Vous avez dérouté l’itinéraire. | You diverted the route. |
ils | ont dérouté | Ils ont dérouté le convoi. | They diverted the convoy. |
elles | ont dérouté | Elles ont dérouté les marchandises. | They diverted the goods. |
Other Conjugations for Dérouter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
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Dérouter – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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