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title: "Devenir conjugation: all tenses with examples"
description: "Devenir in every French tense: je deviens, je suis devenu(e), je deviendrai, que je devienne. Full tables, examples and TCF/TEF Canada tips."
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French conjugation

# Devenir conjugation

Devenir (“to become”) in every tense you need, from the présent to the subjonctif, with example sentences and how it shows up in the TCF and TEF Canada.

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In short

Devenir (“to become”) is an irregular verb of the third group. In the présent: je deviens, tu deviens, il/elle devient, nous devenons, vous devenez, ils/elles deviennent. Its passé composé is formed with être and the past participle devenu, and its futur simple is built on the stem deviendr-.

## Devenir at a glance

Meaning

to become

Type

Irregular verb (third group)

Auxiliary

être

Past participle

devenu

Present participle

devenant

Future stem

deviendr-

## Devenir in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je deviens
-   tu deviens
-   il/elle devient
-   nous devenons
-   vous devenez
-   ils/elles deviennent

[When to use the présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Passé composé

Compound past

-   je suis devenu(e)
-   tu es devenu(e)
-   il/elle est devenu(e)
-   nous sommes devenu(e)s
-   vous êtes devenu(e)(s)
-   ils/elles sont devenu(e)s

[When to use the passé composé](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je devenais
-   tu devenais
-   il/elle devenait
-   nous devenions
-   vous deveniez
-   ils/elles devenaient

[When to use the imparfait](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je deviendrai
-   tu deviendras
-   il/elle deviendra
-   nous deviendrons
-   vous deviendrez
-   ils/elles deviendront

[When to use the futur simple](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je deviendrais
-   tu deviendrais
-   il/elle deviendrait
-   nous deviendrions
-   vous deviendriez
-   ils/elles deviendraient

[When to use the conditionnel présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je devienne
-   que tu deviennes
-   qu'il/elle devienne
-   que nous devenions
-   que vous deveniez
-   qu'ils/elles deviennent

[When to use the subjonctif présent](/blog/le-subjonctif)

### Impératif

Imperative

-   deviens
-   devenons
-   devenez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je devins
-   tu devins
-   il/elle devint
-   nous devînmes
-   vous devîntes
-   ils/elles devinrent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: devenant
-   Past participle: devenu, devenue, devenus, devenues

TCF and TEF Canada

## How devenir shows up in the TCF and TEF

Devenir conjugates like venir and takes être (elle est devenue). It is useful to describe your career path and your plans in Canada.

-   Je voudrais devenir résident permanent. _I would like to become a permanent resident._
-   Elle est devenue infirmière en 2020. _She became a nurse in 2020._

## From conjugation tables to an exam score

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Questions

## Devenir conjugation: questions

### How do you conjugate devenir in the present tense?

In the présent, devenir is: je deviens, tu deviens, il/elle devient, nous devenons, vous devenez, ils/elles deviennent.

### What is the passé composé of devenir?

Devenir forms the passé composé with être and the past participle devenu: je suis devenu(e), tu es devenu(e), il/elle est devenu(e), nous sommes devenu(e)s, vous êtes devenu(e)(s), ils/elles sont devenu(e)s.

### Is devenir conjugated with être or avoir?

Devenir takes être in the passé composé and the other compound tenses, so the past participle agrees with the subject: il/elle est devenu(e).

### What is devenir in the futur simple?

The futur simple of devenir is built on the stem deviendr-: je deviendrai, tu deviendras, il/elle deviendra, nous deviendrons, vous deviendrez, ils/elles deviendront.

### What is the imperfect of devenir?

The imparfait of devenir is: je devenais, tu devenais, il/elle devenait, nous devenions, vous deveniez, ils/elles devenaient.

### What is the subjunctive of devenir?

The subjonctif présent of devenir is: que je devienne, que tu deviennes, qu'il/elle devienne, que nous devenions, que vous deveniez, qu'ils/elles deviennent.

### What is devenir in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For devenir: je devins, tu devins, il/elle devint, nous devînmes, vous devîntes, ils/elles devinrent.

### What is the imperative of devenir?

The impératif of devenir has three forms: deviens, devenons, devenez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of devenir?

The past participle of devenir is devenu (feminine devenue, plural devenus, devenues). Its present participle is devenant.

## More French verbs

-   [être](/french-conjugation/etre)
-   [avoir](/french-conjugation/avoir)
-   [aller](/french-conjugation/aller)
-   [faire](/french-conjugation/faire)
-   [dire](/french-conjugation/dire)
-   [pouvoir](/french-conjugation/pouvoir)
-   [vouloir](/french-conjugation/vouloir)
-   [devoir](/french-conjugation/devoir)

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Conjugation tables are generated from the Lefff (Lexique des formes fléchies du français, Benoît Sagot, Inria), packaged as french-verbs-lefff@3.4.0 and distributed under the [LGPL-LR licence](https://www.labri.fr/perso/clement/lefff/licence-LGPLLR.html). Compound forms are built from its auxiliary and participle forms.

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