redescendre

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ descendre (“to descend/go down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

redescendre

  1. to come back down, to go back down (to descend shortly after having gone up)
  2. to redescend (to descend a second time)

Usage notes

  • This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.
    il est redescendu du sommet ― he came back down from the summit
    elle a redescendu l’ordinateur ― she got the computer back down

Conjugation

Conjugation of redescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple redescendre
compound avoir or être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple redescendant
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle redescendu
/ʁə.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 redescends
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/ 		redescends
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/ 		redescend
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/ 		redescendons
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		redescendez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.de/ 		redescendent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/
imperfect redescendais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ 		redescendais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ 		redescendait
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ 		redescendions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		redescendiez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dje/ 		redescendaient
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 redescendis
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/ 		redescendis
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/ 		redescendit
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/ 		redescendîmes
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dim/ 		redescendîtes
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dit/ 		redescendirent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.diʁ/
future redescendrai
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ 		redescendras
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ 		redescendra
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ 		redescendrons
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		redescendrez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ 		redescendront
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional redescendrais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		redescendrais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		redescendrait
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		redescendrions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		redescendriez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		redescendraient
/ʁə.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 redescende
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/ 		redescendes
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/ 		redescende
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/ 		redescendions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		redescendiez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dje/ 		redescendent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/
imperfect2 redescendisse
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dis/ 		redescendisses
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dis/ 		redescendît
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/ 		redescendissions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		redescendissiez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di.sje/ 		redescendissent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — redescends
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/ 		— redescendons
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		redescendez
/ʁə.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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