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Conjugation of the French verb abaisser

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb abaisser, along with their English translations.

abaisser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
abaisser	to lower

Present		Scored
j'abaisse	I lower
tu abaisses	you lower
il abaisse	he lowers
elle abaisse	she lowers
nous abaissons	we lower
vous abaissez	you lower
ils abaissent	they lower
elles abaissent	they lower

Imperfect		Scored
j'abaissais	I was lowering
tu abaissais	you were lowering
il abaissait	he was lowering
elle abaissait	she was lowering
nous abaissions	we were lowering
vous abaissiez	you were lowering
ils abaissaient	they were lowering
elles abaissaient	they were lowering

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
j'abaissai	I lowered
tu abaissas	you lowered
il abaissa	he lowered
elle abaissa	she lowered
nous abaissâmes	we lowered
vous abaissâtes	you lowered
ils abaissèrent	they lowered
elles abaissèrent	they lowered

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai abaissé	I have lowered
tu as abaissé	you have lowered
il a abaissé	he has lowered
elle a abaissé	she has lowered
nous avons abaissé	we have lowered
vous avez abaissé	you have lowered
ils ont abaissé	they have lowered
elles ont abaissé	they have lowered

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais abaissé	I had lowered
tu avais abaissé	you had lowered
il avait abaissé	he had lowered
elle avait abaissé	she had lowered
nous avions abaissé	we had lowered
vous aviez abaissé	you had lowered
ils avaient abaissé	they had lowered
elles avaient abaissé	they had lowered

Future		Scored
j'abaisserai	I will lower
tu abaisseras	you will lower
il abaissera	he will lower
elle abaissera	she will lower
nous abaisserons	we will lower
vous abaisserez	you will lower
ils abaisseront	they will lower
elles abaisseront	they will lower

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai abaissé	I will have lowered
tu auras abaissé	you will have lowered
il aura abaissé	he will have lowered
elle aura abaissé	she will have lowered
nous aurons abaissé	we will have lowered
vous aurez abaissé	you will have lowered
ils auront abaissé	they will have lowered
elles auront abaissé	they will have lowered

Conditional		Scored
j'abaisserais	I would lower
tu abaisserais	you would lower
il abaisserait	he would lower
elle abaisserait	she would lower
nous abaisserions	we would lower
vous abaisseriez	you would lower
ils abaisseraient	they would lower
elles abaisseraient	they would lower

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais abaissé	I would have lowered
tu aurais abaissé	you would have lowered
il aurait abaissé	he would have lowered
elle aurait abaissé	she would have lowered
nous aurions abaissé	we would have lowered
vous auriez abaissé	you would have lowered
ils auraient abaissé	they would have lowered
elles auraient abaissé	they would have lowered

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abaisse	(... that) I lower
(... que) tu abaisses	(... that) you lower
(... que) il abaisse	(... that) he lowers
(... que) elle abaisse	(... that) she lowers
(... que) nous abaissions	(... that) we lower
(... que) vous abaissiez	(... that) you lower
(... que) ils abaissent	(... that) they lower
(... que) elles abaissent	(... that) they lower

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abaissasse	(... that) I was lowering
(... que) tu abaissasses	(... that) you were lowering
(... que) il abaissât	(... that) he was lowering
(... que) elle abaissât	(... that) she was lowering
(... que) nous abaissassions	(... that) we were lowering
(... que) vous abaissassiez	(... that) you were lowering
(... que) ils abaissassent	(... that) they were lowering
(... que) elles abaissassent	(... that) they were lowering

Imperative		Scored
abaisse	Lower
abaissons	Let's lower
abaissez	Lower

Present Participle		Scored
abaissant	lowering

Past Participle		Scored
abaissé	lowered

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