danser Examples, Sentences & Quiz in French

danser — dance — is one of the verbs you will use every day in French. danser is the verb for talking about a party: it comes up whenever you talk about describing a dance class or celebrating with friends. On this page you will find danser in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself.

Example sentences with danser

In the present tense

  • “Je danse le tango.” — “I dance the tango.”
  • “Tu danses toute la nuit.” — “You dance all night.”
  • “Il danse avec Marie.” — “He dances with Marie.”
  • “Nous dansons très bien.” — “We dance very well.”
  • “Vous dansez le tango.” — “You dance the tango.”
  • “Ils dansent toute la nuit.” — “They dance all night.”

In the passé composé

  • “J'ai dansé le tango cette semaine.” — “I have danced the tango this week.”
  • “Tu as dansé toute la nuit cette semaine.” — “You have danced all night this week.”
  • “Il a dansé avec Marie cette semaine.” — “He has danced with Marie this week.”
  • “Nous avons dansé très bien cette semaine.” — “We have danced very well this week.”
  • “Vous avez dansé le tango cette semaine.” — “You have danced the tango this week.”
  • “Ils ont dansé toute la nuit cette semaine.” — “They have danced all night this week.”

In other tenses

The same verb in the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present subjunctive — the four tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “Je dansais le tango avant.” — “I used to dance the tango before.”
  • “Je danserai toute la nuit demain.” — “I will dance all night tomorrow.”
  • “Je danserais avec Marie un jour.” — “I would dance with Marie one day.”
  • “Bien que il danse très bien” — “Although he dances very well.”

danser in context

Je danse le tango. Tu danses toute la nuit. Il danse avec Marie. Nous dansons très bien.

I dance the tango. You dance all night. He dances with Marie. We dance very well.

J'ai dansé le tango. Il a dansé toute la nuit. Nous avons dansé avec Marie.

I have danced the tango this week. He has danced all night this week. We have danced with Marie this week.

Common mistakes with danser

Mistake 1

Wrong: Je danser le tango.

Right: Je danse le tango.

The infinitive never takes a subject: after je you need the conjugated form danse.

Mistake 2

Wrong: Je dansons toute la nuit.

Right: Je danse toute la nuit.

dansons is the nous form. With je, use danse.

Mistake 3

Wrong: Hier, je danse avec Marie.

Right: Hier, j'ai dansé avec Marie.

Yesterday needs the passé composé ai dansé, not the present.

Mistake 4

Wrong: Bien que je danse très bien.

Right: Bien que je danse très bien.

After bien que French needs the subjunctive danse.

Mistake 5

Wrong: Je dansais le tango hier. (said of one finished moment)

Right: J'ai dansé le tango hier.

The imperfect describes an ongoing or repeated past. One finished moment yesterday takes the passé composé.

Quiz: test yourself on danser

Ten questions on danser. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. What is the tu form of danser in the Present indicative?

    • A) dansez
    • B) danses
    • C) danse
    • D) dansent

  2. What is the nous form of danser in the Present indicative?

    • A) dansons
    • B) danses
    • C) dansent
    • D) dansez

  3. What is the il/elle form of danser in the Present perfect?

    • A) ai dansé
    • B) avons dansé
    • C) a dansé
    • D) avez dansé

  4. What is the je form of danser in the Imperfect?

    • A) dansaient
    • B) dansait
    • C) dansions
    • D) dansais

  5. What is the nous form of danser in the Future?

    • A) danserons
    • B) danserez
    • C) danseront
    • D) danserai

  6. What is the tu form of danser in the Conditional?

    • A) danserait
    • B) danseriez
    • C) danseraient
    • D) danserais

  7. What is the je form of danser in the Present subjunctive?

    • A) danse
    • B) danses
    • C) dansiez
    • D) dansent

  8. What is the il/elle form of danser in the Imperfect subjunctive?

    • A) dansât
    • B) dansassiez
    • C) dansassent
    • D) dansasse

  9. What is the gerund of danser?

    • A) buvant
    • B) dansant
    • C) dormant

  10. What is the past participle of danser?

  • A) dansé
  • B) bu
  • C) dormi

Answer key

  1. B) danses — The tu form of danser in the present indicative is danses.
  2. A) dansons — The nous form of danser in the present indicative is dansons.
  3. C) a dansé — The il/elle form of danser in the present perfect is a dansé.
  4. D) dansais — The je form of danser in the imperfect is dansais.
  5. A) danserons — The nous form of danser in the future is danserons.
  6. D) danserais — The tu form of danser in the conditional is danserais.
  7. A) danse — The je form of danser in the present subjunctive is danse.
  8. A) dansât — The il/elle form of danser in the imperfect subjunctive is dansât.
  9. B) dansant — The gerund of danser is en dansant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
  10. A) dansé — The past participle of danser is dansé; perfect tenses use avoir + dansé.

Frequently asked questions

What does danser mean in English?

danser means “dance”. You use it for talking about a party, for describing a dance class, and for celebrating with friends.

Is danser regular or irregular?

danser is regular, and it is irregular in these tenses: none — it is regular in every tense. The gerund is en dansant and the past participle is dansé.

How do I say “I dance” in French?

Say “Je danse le tango.” — “I dance the tango.” The je form of the present is danse.

Where can I see the full conjugation of danser?

On the full conjugation page, which has every tense, and on the Danser Present Tense Conjugation in French page.

How to practise danser this week

Pick one tense a day and say five sentences with danser out loud, using the examples on this page as your starting point. On the first day, use only the present tense and the complements from the examples above — le tango, toute la nuit and avec Marie — and change only the person, so you hear how danse, danses and danse sound next to each other. On the second day, retell yesterday in the passé composé with ai dansé and the other perfect forms from the table. On the third day, write three short plans for tomorrow in the future tense, and on the fourth day, turn them into polite conditional sentences. Keep a small notebook and write each new sentence down: seeing en dansant and dansé in your own handwriting fixes them in memory far better than reading them once. Finally, take the quiz above again without looking at the answer key — when you can answer all ten questions from memory, move on to the next verb in the hub.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for danser, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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