Inherited from Middle French descendre, from Old French descendre, borrowed from Latin descendere.
descendre
| infinitive | simple | descendre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | descendant /de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + 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 of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + 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 of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | descends /de.sɑ̃/ |
— | descendons /de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
descendez /de.sɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Old French descendre.
descendre
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
descendre
From Latin descendō, 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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | descendre | avoir descendu | |||||
| gerund | en descendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | descendant | ||||||
| past participle | descendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | descent | descenz | descent | descendons | descendez | descendent |
| imperfect | descendoie, descendeie | descendoies, descendeies | descendoit, descendeit | descendiiens, descendiens | descendiiez, descendiez | descendoient, descendeient | |
| preterite | descendi | descendis | descendié | descendimes | descendistes | descendierent | |
| future | descendrai | descendras | descendra | descendrons | descendroiz, descendreiz, descendrez | descendront | |
| conditional | descendroie, descendreie | descendroies, descendreies | descendroit, descendreit | descendriiens, descendriens | descendriiez, descendriez | descendroient, descendreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | descende | descendes | descende | descendons | descendez | descendent |
| imperfect | descendisse | descendisses | descendist | descendissons, descendissiens | descendissoiz, descendissez, descendissiez | descendissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | descent | — | descendons | descendez | — | ||