French Verb DEVOIR: to have to, must in French

5 Fun Facts on DEVOIR

            The French verb DEVOIR is the French for have to is the verb devoir.

To remember this imagine: that to kill a DEVIL you MUST DEVOUR it.

Another important verb that is similar is falloir.

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to have to: devoir
Imagine that to kill a DEVIL you MUST DEVOUR it..

www.200words-a-day.com VERB CONJUGATION TABLE devoir
Simple Tenses devoir
TENSE
je/j’
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present
Présent
have / has to		 dois dois doit devons devez doivent
Past Imperfect
Imparfait
had to		 devais devais devait devions deviez devaient
Simple Past
Passé Simple
had to		 dus dus dut dûmes dûtes durent
Future
Futur
will have to		 devrai devras devra devrons devrez devront
Conditional
Conditionnel
would have to		 devrais devrais devrait devrions devriez devraient
Subjunctive
Subjonctif
may have to		 doive doives doive devions deviez doivent
Compound Tenses devoir      past participle: dû
Present Perfect
Passé Composé
have had to		 ai dû as dû a dû avons dû avez dû ont dû
Past Perfect
Plus-que-Parfait
had had to		 avais dû avais dû avait dû avions dû aviez dû avaient dû
Future Perfect
Futur Antérieur
will have had to		 aurai dû auras dû aura dû aurons dû aurez dû auront dû
Conditional Perfect
Conditionnel Passé
would have had to		 aurais dû aurais dû aurait dû aurions dû auriez dû auraient dû
Imperative
Imperatif
have to!		 dois devions deviez

        MORE on the FRENCH VERB devoir      

French for must is devoir The French verb devoir means to have to:
Je dois finir ce livre.
I have to finish that book.
Tu dois faire plus attention à tes affaires.
You must pay more attention/take more care of your things/affairs.
French for must is devoir

It can also be translated as must:
Tu es rentré tard hier soir, tu dois être fatigué. You came home late last night, you must be tired.
Elles doivent finir leurs devoirs avant de sortir.
They must finish their homeworks before they go out.

French for must is devoir The French verb devoir can also mean:
Tu me dois 50€.
You owe me 50€.
Je te dois une fière chandelle !
I am deeply indebted to you!
Une femme se doit d’être présentable.
A lady has to be presentable.

  LEARN HOW TO CONJUGATE THE FRENCH VERB DEVOIR  
  FRENCH FOR MUST, TO HAVE TO   


  • The French verb for have to, must devoir is an irregular verb from the 3rd group.

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IMPORTANT VERBS LIKE DEVOIR - MUST in FRENCH ✔ 

  Check out the other top ten French verbs - the most important ones - like the French verb DEVOIR.

     ✔      etre

     ✔      aller

     ✔      avoir

     ✔      tenir

     ✔      venir

     ✔      vouloir

     ✔      faire

     ✔      pouvoir

     ✔      dire

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