Inherited fromMiddle Frenchdescendre, fromOld Frenchdescendre, borrowed fromLatindescendere.
descendre
| infinitive | simple | descendre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir orêtre + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | descendant /de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayantorétant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | descendu /de.sɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | descends /de.sɑ̃/ | descends /de.sɑ̃/ | descend /de.sɑ̃/ | descendons /de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ | descendez /de.sɑ̃.de/ | descendent /de.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | descendais /de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | descendais /de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | descendait /de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | descendions /de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ | descendiez /de.sɑ̃.dje/ | descendaient /de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | descendis /de.sɑ̃.di/ | descendis /de.sɑ̃.di/ | descendit /de.sɑ̃.di/ | descendîmes /de.sɑ̃.dim/ | descendîtes /de.sɑ̃.dit/ | descendirent /de.sɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | descendrai /de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ | descendras /de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ | descendra /de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ | descendrons /de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | descendrez /de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ | descendront /de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | descendrais /de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | descendrais /de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | descendrait /de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | descendrions /de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | descendriez /de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ | descendraient /de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir orêtre + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir orêtre + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir orêtre + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir orêtre + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir orêtre + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | descende /de.sɑ̃d/ | descendes /de.sɑ̃d/ | descende /de.sɑ̃d/ | descendions /de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ | descendiez /de.sɑ̃.dje/ | descendent /de.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | descendisse /de.sɑ̃.dis/ | descendisses /de.sɑ̃.dis/ | descendît /de.sɑ̃.di/ | descendissions /de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | descendissiez /de.sɑ̃.di.sje/ | descendissent /de.sɑ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir orêtre + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir orêtre + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | descends /de.sɑ̃/ | — | descendons /de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ | descendez /de.sɑ̃.de/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir orêtre + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir orêtre + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir orêtre + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81). | |||||||
FromOld Frenchdescendre.
descendre
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descendre
FromLatindescendō, descendere.
descendre
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.