descendre
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin descendere, to descend.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
descendre
[edit] Conjugation
- This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.
Conjugation of descendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | descendre | être descendu | |||||
| gerund | en descendant | Use the gerund of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | descendant | ||||||
| past participle | descendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | descends | descends | descend | descendons | descendez | descendent |
| imperfect | descendais | descendais | descendait | descendions | descendiez | descendaient | |
| past historic | descendis | descendis | descendit | descendîmes | descendîtes | descendirent | |
| future | descendrai | descendras | descendra | descendrons | descendrez | descendront | |
| conditional | descendrais | descendrais | descendrait | descendrions | descendriez | descendraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | descende | descendes | descende | descendions | descendiez | descendent |
| imperfect | descendisse | descendisses | descendît | descendissions | descendissiez | descendissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | descends | — | descendons | descendez | — | ||
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of cddeeenrs
- redescend
