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Conjugation of the French verb dessiner

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

dessiner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
dessiner	to draw

Present		Scored
je dessine	I draw
tu dessines	you draw
il dessine	he draws
elle dessine	she draws
nous dessinons	we draw
vous dessinez	you draw
ils dessinent	they draw
elles dessinent	they draw

Imperfect		Scored
je dessinais	I was drawing
tu dessinais	you were drawing
il dessinait	he was drawing
elle dessinait	she was drawing
nous dessinions	we were drawing
vous dessiniez	you were drawing
ils dessinaient	they were drawing
elles dessinaient	they were drawing

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 dessinai	I drew
tu dessinas	you drew
il dessina	he drew
elle dessina	she drew
nous dessinâmes	we drew
vous dessinâtes	you drew
ils dessinèrent	they drew
elles dessinèrent	they drew

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

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

Future		Scored
je dessinerai	I will draw
tu dessineras	you will draw
il dessinera	he will draw
elle dessinera	she will draw
nous dessinerons	we will draw
vous dessinerez	you will draw
ils dessineront	they will draw
elles dessineront	they will draw

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 dessiné	I will have drawn
tu auras dessiné	you will have drawn
il aura dessiné	he will have drawn
elle aura dessiné	she will have drawn
nous aurons dessiné	we will have drawn
vous aurez dessiné	you will have drawn
ils auront dessiné	they will have drawn
elles auront dessiné	they will have drawn

Conditional		Scored
je dessinerais	I would draw
tu dessinerais	you would draw
il dessinerait	he would draw
elle dessinerait	she would draw
nous dessinerions	we would draw
vous dessineriez	you would draw
ils dessineraient	they would draw
elles dessineraient	they would draw

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 dessiné	I would have drawn
tu aurais dessiné	you would have drawn
il aurait dessiné	he would have drawn
elle aurait dessiné	she would have drawn
nous aurions dessiné	we would have drawn
vous auriez dessiné	you would have drawn
ils auraient dessiné	they would have drawn
elles auraient dessiné	they would have drawn

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dessine	(... that) I draw
(... que) tu dessines	(... that) you draw
(... que) il dessine	(... that) he draws
(... que) elle dessine	(... that) she draws
(... que) nous dessinions	(... that) we draw
(... que) vous dessiniez	(... that) you draw
(... que) ils dessinent	(... that) they draw
(... que) elles dessinent	(... that) they draw

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dessinasse	(... that) I was drawing
(... que) tu dessinasses	(... that) you were drawing
(... que) il dessinât	(... that) he was drawing
(... que) elle dessinât	(... that) she was drawing
(... que) nous dessinassions	(... that) we were drawing
(... que) vous dessinassiez	(... that) you were drawing
(... que) ils dessinassent	(... that) they were drawing
(... que) elles dessinassent	(... that) they were drawing

Imperative		Scored
dessine	Draw
dessinons	Let's draw
dessinez	Draw

Present Participle		Scored
dessinant	drawing

Past Participle		Scored
dessiné	drawn

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