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Conjugation of the French verb décrire

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

décrire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
décrire	to describe

Present		Scored
je décris	I describe
tu décris	you describe
il décrit	he describes
elle décrit	she describes
nous décrivons	we describe
vous décrivez	you describe
ils décrivent	they describe
elles décrivent	they describe

Imperfect		Scored
je décrivais	I was describing
tu décrivais	you were describing
il décrivait	he was describing
elle décrivait	she was describing
nous décrivions	we were describing
vous décriviez	you were describing
ils décrivaient	they were describing
elles décrivaient	they were describing

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 décrivis	I described
tu décrivis	you described
il décrivit	he described
elle décrivit	she described
nous décrivîmes	we described
vous décrivîtes	you described
ils décrivirent	they described
elles décrivirent	they described

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

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

Future		Scored
je décrirai	I will describe
tu décriras	you will describe
il décrira	he will describe
elle décrira	she will describe
nous décrirons	we will describe
vous décrirez	you will describe
ils décriront	they will describe
elles décriront	they will describe

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

Conditional		Scored
je décrirais	I would describe
tu décrirais	you would describe
il décrirait	he would describe
elle décrirait	she would describe
nous décririons	we would describe
vous décririez	you would describe
ils décriraient	they would describe
elles décriraient	they would describe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je décrive	(... that) I describe
(... que) tu décrives	(... that) you describe
(... que) il décrive	(... that) he describes
(... que) elle décrive	(... that) she describes
(... que) nous décrivions	(... that) we describe
(... que) vous décriviez	(... that) you describe
(... que) ils décrivent	(... that) they describe
(... que) elles décrivent	(... that) they describe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je décrivisse	(... that) I was describing
(... que) tu décrivisses	(... that) you were describing
(... que) il décrivît	(... that) he was describing
(... que) elle décrivît	(... that) she was describing
(... que) nous décrivissions	(... that) we were describing
(... que) vous décrivissiez	(... that) you were describing
(... que) ils décrivissent	(... that) they were describing
(... que) elles décrivissent	(... that) they were describing

Imperative		Scored
décris	Describe
décrivons	Let's describe
décrivez	Describe

Present Participle		Scored
décrivant	describing

Past Participle		Scored
décrit	described

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