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Past of the French verb désespérer

The past tense conjugations for the French verb désespérer, along with their English translations.

désespérer is a regular verb with spelling changes


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je désespéraisI was despairing
tu désespéraisyou were despairing
il désespéraithe was despairing
elle désespéraitshe was despairing
nous désespérionswe were despairing
vous désespériezyou were despairing
ils désespéraientthey were despairing
elles désespéraientthey were despairing

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 désespéraiI despaired
tu désespérasyou despaired
il désespérahe despaired
elle désespérashe despaired
nous désespérâmeswe despaired
vous désespérâtesyou despaired
ils désespérèrentthey despaired
elles désespérèrentthey despaired

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai désespéréI have despaired
tu as désespéréyou have despaired
il a désespéréhe has despaired
elle a désespéréshe has despaired
nous avons désespéréwe have despaired
vous avez désespéréyou have despaired
ils ont désespéréthey have despaired
elles ont désespéréthey have despaired

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