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Conjugation of the French verb décider

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

décider is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
décider	to decide

Present		Scored
je décide	I decide
tu décides	you decide
il décide	he decides
elle décide	she decides
nous décidons	we decide
vous décidez	you decide
ils décident	they decide
elles décident	they decide

Imperfect		Scored
je décidais	I was deciding
tu décidais	you were deciding
il décidait	he was deciding
elle décidait	she was deciding
nous décidions	we were deciding
vous décidiez	you were deciding
ils décidaient	they were deciding
elles décidaient	they were deciding

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 décidai	I decided
tu décidas	you decided
il décida	he decided
elle décida	she decided
nous décidâmes	we decided
vous décidâtes	you decided
ils décidèrent	they decided
elles décidèrent	they decided

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

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

Future		Scored
je déciderai	I will decide
tu décideras	you will decide
il décidera	he will decide
elle décidera	she will decide
nous déciderons	we will decide
vous déciderez	you will decide
ils décideront	they will decide
elles décideront	they will decide

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

Conditional		Scored
je déciderais	I would decide
tu déciderais	you would decide
il déciderait	he would decide
elle déciderait	she would decide
nous déciderions	we would decide
vous décideriez	you would decide
ils décideraient	they would decide
elles décideraient	they would decide

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je décide	(... that) I decide
(... que) tu décides	(... that) you decide
(... que) il décide	(... that) he decides
(... que) elle décide	(... that) she decides
(... que) nous décidions	(... that) we decide
(... que) vous décidiez	(... that) you decide
(... que) ils décident	(... that) they decide
(... que) elles décident	(... that) they decide

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je décidasse	(... that) I was deciding
(... que) tu décidasses	(... that) you were deciding
(... que) il décidât	(... that) he was deciding
(... que) elle décidât	(... that) she was deciding
(... que) nous décidassions	(... that) we were deciding
(... que) vous décidassiez	(... that) you were deciding
(... que) ils décidassent	(... that) they were deciding
(... que) elles décidassent	(... that) they were deciding

Imperative		Scored
décide	Decide
décidons	Let's decide
décidez	Decide

Present Participle		Scored
décidant	deciding

Past Participle		Scored
décidé	decided

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