Key facts

Déguster

To taste · to taste/to sample/to enjoy

B1Regular
Stem
dégust
Past participle
dégusté

Examples

Je déguste le café.

I taste the coffee.

Il ne déguste pas le riz.

He doesn't taste the rice.

Nous dégustions tout.

We were tasting everything.

Nous avons dégusté le vin.

We tasted the wine.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
Jedéguste
Itaste
Tudégustes
Youtaste
Ildéguste
Hetastes
Nousdégustons
Wetaste
Vousdégustez
Youtaste
Ilsdégustent
Theytaste

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais déguster
Iam going to taste
Tuvas déguster
Youare going to taste
Ilva déguster
Heis going to taste
Nousallons déguster
Weare going to taste
Vousallez déguster
Youare going to taste
Ilsvont déguster
Theyare going to taste

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens de déguster
Ihave just tasted
Tuviens de déguster
Youhave just tasted
Ilvient de déguster
Hehas just tasted
Nousvenons de déguster
Wehave just tasted
Vousvenez de déguster
Youhave just tasted
Ilsviennent de déguster
Theyhave just tasted

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai dégusté
Ihave tasted
Tuas dégusté
Youhave tasted
Ila dégusté
Hehas tasted
Nousavons dégusté
Wehave tasted
Vousavez dégusté
Youhave tasted
Ilsont dégusté
Theyhave tasted

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

Jedégusterais
Iwould taste
Tudégusterais
Youwould taste
Ildégusterait
Hewould taste
Nousdégusterions
Wewould taste
Vousdégusteriez
Youwould taste
Ilsdégusteraient
Theywould taste

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

Jedégusterai
Iwill taste
Tudégusteras
Youwill taste
Ildégustera
Hewill taste
Nousdégusterons
Wewill taste
Vousdégusterez
Youwill taste
Ilsdégusteront
Theywill taste

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

Jedégustais
Iwas tasting
Tudégustais
Youwere tasting
Ildégustait
Hewas tasting
Nousdégustions
Were tasting
Vousdégustiez
Youwere tasting
Ilsdégustaient
Theywere tasting

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)déguste
Youtaste
(Nous)dégustons
Wetaste
(Vous)dégustez
Youtaste

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

dégustant
tasting

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en dégustant
tasting

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