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Conjugation of the French verb diminuer

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

diminuer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
diminuer	to decrease

Present		Scored
je diminue	I decrease
tu diminues	you decrease
il diminue	he decreases
elle diminue	she decreases
nous diminuons	we decrease
vous diminuez	you decrease
ils diminuent	they decrease
elles diminuent	they decrease

Imperfect		Scored
je diminuais	I was decreasing
tu diminuais	you were decreasing
il diminuait	he was decreasing
elle diminuait	she was decreasing
nous diminuions	we were decreasing
vous diminuiez	you were decreasing
ils diminuaient	they were decreasing
elles diminuaient	they were decreasing

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 diminuai	I decreased
tu diminuas	you decreased
il diminua	he decreased
elle diminua	she decreased
nous diminuâmes	we decreased
vous diminuâtes	you decreased
ils diminuèrent	they decreased
elles diminuèrent	they decreased

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

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

Future		Scored
je diminuerai	I will decrease
tu diminueras	you will decrease
il diminuera	he will decrease
elle diminuera	she will decrease
nous diminuerons	we will decrease
vous diminuerez	you will decrease
ils diminueront	they will decrease
elles diminueront	they will decrease

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

Conditional		Scored
je diminuerais	I would decrease
tu diminuerais	you would decrease
il diminuerait	he would decrease
elle diminuerait	she would decrease
nous diminuerions	we would decrease
vous diminueriez	you would decrease
ils diminueraient	they would decrease
elles diminueraient	they would decrease

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je diminue	(... that) I decrease
(... que) tu diminues	(... that) you decrease
(... que) il diminue	(... that) he decreases
(... que) elle diminue	(... that) she decreases
(... que) nous diminuions	(... that) we decrease
(... que) vous diminuiez	(... that) you decrease
(... que) ils diminuent	(... that) they decrease
(... que) elles diminuent	(... that) they decrease

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je diminuasse	(... that) I was decreasing
(... que) tu diminuasses	(... that) you were decreasing
(... que) il diminuât	(... that) he was decreasing
(... que) elle diminuât	(... that) she was decreasing
(... que) nous diminuassions	(... that) we were decreasing
(... que) vous diminuassiez	(... that) you were decreasing
(... que) ils diminuassent	(... that) they were decreasing
(... que) elles diminuassent	(... that) they were decreasing

Imperative		Scored
diminue	Decrease
diminuons	Let's decrease
diminuez	Decrease

Present Participle		Scored
diminuant	decreasing

Past Participle		Scored
diminué	decreased

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