French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | distrais | distrayais | distrairai | distrairais | distraie | n/a | ||
| tu | distrais | distrayais | distrairas | distrairais | distraies | |||
| il | distrait | distrayait | distraira | distrairait | distraie | |||
| nous | distrayons | distrayions | distrairons | distrairions | distrayions | |||
| vous | distrayez | distrayiez | distrairez | distrairiez | distrayiez | |||
| ils | distraient | distrayaient | distrairont | distrairaient | distraient | |||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai distrait | avais distrait | aurai distrait | aurais distrait | aie distrait | eusse distrait | ||
| tu | as distrait | avais distrait | auras distrait | aurais distrait | aies distrait | eusses distrait | ||
| il | a distrait | avait distrait | aura distrait | aurait distrait | ait distrait | eût distrait | ||
| nous | avons distrait | avions distrait | aurons distrait | aurions distrait | ayons distrait | eussions distrait | ||
| vous | avez distrait | aviez distrait | aurez distrait | auriez distrait | ayez distrait | eussiez distrait | ||
| ils | ont distrait | avaient distrait | auront distrait | auraient distrait | aient distrait | eussent distrait | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | n/a | eus distrait | (tu) | distrais | Present | distrayant | ||
| tu | eus distrait | (nous) | distrayons | Past | distrait | |||
| il | eut distrait | (vous) | distrayez | Perfect | ayant distrait | |||
| nous | eûmes distrait | Past imperative | ||||||
| vous | eûtes distrait | (tu) | aie distrait | Past infinitive | ||||
| ils | eurent distrait | (nous) | ayons distrait | avoir distrait | ||||
| (vous) | ayez distrait | |||||||
Distraire is an irregular -re verb.




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