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Conjugation of the French verb discerner

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

discerner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
discerner	to discern

Present		Scored
je discerne	I discern
tu discernes	you discern
il discerne	he discerns
elle discerne	she discerns
nous discernons	we discern
vous discernez	you discern
ils discernent	they discern
elles discernent	they discern

Imperfect		Scored
je discernais	I was discerning
tu discernais	you were discerning
il discernait	he was discerning
elle discernait	she was discerning
nous discernions	we were discerning
vous discerniez	you were discerning
ils discernaient	they were discerning
elles discernaient	they were discerning

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 discernai	I discerned
tu discernas	you discerned
il discerna	he discerned
elle discerna	she discerned
nous discernâmes	we discerned
vous discernâtes	you discerned
ils discernèrent	they discerned
elles discernèrent	they discerned

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

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

Future		Scored
je discernerai	I will discern
tu discerneras	you will discern
il discernera	he will discern
elle discernera	she will discern
nous discernerons	we will discern
vous discernerez	you will discern
ils discerneront	they will discern
elles discerneront	they will discern

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

Conditional		Scored
je discernerais	I would discern
tu discernerais	you would discern
il discernerait	he would discern
elle discernerait	she would discern
nous discernerions	we would discern
vous discerneriez	you would discern
ils discerneraient	they would discern
elles discerneraient	they would discern

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je discerne	(... that) I discern
(... que) tu discernes	(... that) you discern
(... que) il discerne	(... that) he discerns
(... que) elle discerne	(... that) she discerns
(... que) nous discernions	(... that) we discern
(... que) vous discerniez	(... that) you discern
(... que) ils discernent	(... that) they discern
(... que) elles discernent	(... that) they discern

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je discernasse	(... that) I was discerning
(... que) tu discernasses	(... that) you were discerning
(... que) il discernât	(... that) he was discerning
(... que) elle discernât	(... that) she was discerning
(... que) nous discernassions	(... that) we were discerning
(... que) vous discernassiez	(... that) you were discerning
(... que) ils discernassent	(... that) they were discerning
(... que) elles discernassent	(... that) they were discerning

Imperative		Scored
discerne	Discern
discernons	Let's discern
discernez	Discern

Present Participle		Scored
discernant	discerning

Past Participle		Scored
discerné	discerned

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