Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb décrire

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb décrire, along with their English translations.

décrire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je décrivis	I described
tu décrivis	you described
il décrivit	he described
elle décrivit	she described
nous décrivîmes	we described
vous décrivîtes	you described
ils décrivirent	they described
elles décrivirent	they described

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