discerner (plural discerners)
Borrowed from Latin discernere, assimilated into the first conjugation group (regular -er suffixed verbs).
discerner
infinitive | simple | discerner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | discernant /di.sɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | discerné /di.sɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | discerne /di.sɛʁn/ |
discernes /di.sɛʁn/ |
discerne /di.sɛʁn/ |
discernons /di.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
discernez /di.sɛʁ.ne/ |
discernent /di.sɛʁn/ |
imperfect | discernais /di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
discernais /di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
discernait /di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
discernions /di.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
discerniez /di.sɛʁ.nje/ |
discernaient /di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | discernai /di.sɛʁ.ne/ |
discernas /di.sɛʁ.na/ |
discerna /di.sɛʁ.na/ |
discernâmes /di.sɛʁ.nam/ |
discernâtes /di.sɛʁ.nat/ |
discernèrent /di.sɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | discernerai /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
discerneras /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
discernera /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
discernerons /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
discernerez /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
discerneront /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | discernerais /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
discernerais /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
discernerait /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
discernerions /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
discerneriez /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
discerneraient /di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | discerne /di.sɛʁn/ |
discernes /di.sɛʁn/ |
discerne /di.sɛʁn/ |
discernions /di.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
discerniez /di.sɛʁ.nje/ |
discernent /di.sɛʁn/ |
imperfect2 | discernasse /di.sɛʁ.nas/ |
discernasses /di.sɛʁ.nas/ |
discernât /di.sɛʁ.na/ |
discernassions /di.sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
discernassiez /di.sɛʁ.na.sje/ |
discernassent /di.sɛʁ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | discerne /di.sɛʁn/ |
— | discernons /di.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
discernez /di.sɛʁ.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + 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). |