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FRENCH VERB

se déplacer

to get around, to travel

  • #491 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: déplacé
  • Present participle: se déplaçant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I get around
  2. tu you get around
  3. il, elle, on he/she gets around
  4. nous we get around
  5. vous you get around
  6. ils, elles they get around

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I got around
  2. tu you got around
  3. il, elle, on he/she got around
  4. nous we got around
  5. vous you got around
  6. ils, elles they got around

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to get around
  2. tu you used to get around
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to get around
  4. nous we used to get around
  5. vous you used to get around
  6. ils, elles they used to get around

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will get around
  2. tu you will get around
  3. il, elle, on he/she will get around
  4. nous we will get around
  5. vous you will get around
  6. ils, elles they will get around

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would get around
  2. tu you would get around
  3. il, elle, on he/she would get around
  4. nous we would get around
  5. vous you would get around
  6. ils, elles they would get around

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I get around
  2. tu (that) you get around
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she get around
  4. nous (that) we get around
  5. vous (that) you get around
  6. ils, elles (that) they get around

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu get around!
  2. nous get around! (let’s)
  3. vous get around! (plural, or formal)

How to use se déplacer

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    À Paris, je me déplace surtout à vélo.

    In Paris, I mostly get around by bike.

  2. Past

    Le médecin s'est déplacé jusqu'à chez nous, un dimanche.

    The doctor came out to our house, on a Sunday.

  3. Imperfect

    Avant l'accident, il se déplaçait sans canne.

    Before the accident, he got around without a stick.

  4. Future

    Je me déplacerai à Lyon pour la réunion.

    I'll travel to Lyon for the meeting.

  5. Conditional

    On se déplacerait plus facilement avec une voiture.

    We'd get around more easily with a car.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Pas besoin que vous vous déplaciez, on fait ça par téléphone.

    No need for you to come in, we'll do it by phone.

  7. Imperative

    Déplacez-vous en tram, le centre est piéton.

    Get around by tram, the centre is pedestrianised.

Good to know

  • Se déplacer is to get around, or to go somewhere for a reason : le plombier se déplace gratuitement.
  • Déplacer un rendez-vous is to move it to another time.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.