descendre: Conjugation

The descendre conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb descendre according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of descendre, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of descendre at the end of this page.

Present

Perfect

je	descends
tu	descends
il/elle	descend
nous	descendons
vous	descendez
ils/elles	descendent

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

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Imperfect

Pluperfect

je	descendais
tu	descendais
il/elle	descendait
nous	descendions
vous	descendiez
ils/elles	descendaient

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j'	étais descendu(e)
tu	étais descendu(e)
il/elle	était descendu(e)
nous	étions descendu(e)s
vous	étiez descendu(e)(s)
ils/elles	étaient descendu(e)s

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Future

Future-perfect

je	descendrai
tu	descendras
il/elle	descendra
nous	descendrons
vous	descendrez
ils/elles	descendront

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je	serai descendu(e)
tu	seras descendu(e)
il/elle	sera descendu(e)
nous	serons descendu(e)s
vous	serez descendu(e)(s)
ils/elles	seront descendu(e)s

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Conditional

Conditional perfect

je	descendrais
tu	descendrais
il/elle	descendrait
nous	descendrions
vous	descendriez
ils/elles	descendraient

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je	serais descendu(e)
tu	serais descendu(e)
il/elle	serait descendu(e)
nous	serions descendu(e)s
vous	seriez descendu(e)(s)
ils/elles	seraient descendu(e)s

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Present subjunctive

Perfect subjunctive

je	descende
tu	descendes
il/elle	descende
nous	descendions
vous	descendiez
ils/elles	descendent

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je	sois descendu(e)
tu	sois descendu(e)
il/elle	soit descendu(e)
nous	soyons descendu(e)s
vous	soyez descendu(e)(s)
ils/elles	soient descendu(e)s

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Past historic

Past anterior

je	descendis
tu	descendis
il/elle	descendit
nous	descendîmes
vous	descendîtes
ils/elles	descendirent

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je	fus descendu(e)
tu	fus descendu(e)
il/elle	fut descendu(e)
nous	fûmes descendu(e)s
vous	fûtes descendu(e)(s)
ils/elles	furent descendu(e)s

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This is the so-called regular -re pattern according to the categories used in many English-speaking analyses of French. (Many French-speaking analyses don't actually make a distinction between this pattern and other "irregular verb" patterns.) Characteristic features of this pattern include:

in practise, the infinitive always ends in -endre, -andre, -ondre, -erdre or -ordre;
past participles ending in -u;
the [d] consonant is pronounced in all forms of the verb except the singular present tense forms, which sound like the infinitive minus the final -dre.