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Conjugation of the French verb dédaigner

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

dédaigner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
dédaigner	to disdain

Present		Scored
je dédaigne	I disdain
tu dédaignes	you disdain
il dédaigne	he disdains
elle dédaigne	she disdains
nous dédaignons	we disdain
vous dédaignez	you disdain
ils dédaignent	they disdain
elles dédaignent	they disdain

Imperfect		Scored
je dédaignais	I was disdaining
tu dédaignais	you were disdaining
il dédaignait	he was disdaining
elle dédaignait	she was disdaining
nous dédaignions	we were disdaining
vous dédaigniez	you were disdaining
ils dédaignaient	they were disdaining
elles dédaignaient	they were disdaining

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 dédaignai	I disdained
tu dédaignas	you disdained
il dédaigna	he disdained
elle dédaigna	she disdained
nous dédaignâmes	we disdained
vous dédaignâtes	you disdained
ils dédaignèrent	they disdained
elles dédaignèrent	they disdained

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

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

Future		Scored
je dédaignerai	I will disdain
tu dédaigneras	you will disdain
il dédaignera	he will disdain
elle dédaignera	she will disdain
nous dédaignerons	we will disdain
vous dédaignerez	you will disdain
ils dédaigneront	they will disdain
elles dédaigneront	they will disdain

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

Conditional		Scored
je dédaignerais	I would disdain
tu dédaignerais	you would disdain
il dédaignerait	he would disdain
elle dédaignerait	she would disdain
nous dédaignerions	we would disdain
vous dédaigneriez	you would disdain
ils dédaigneraient	they would disdain
elles dédaigneraient	they would disdain

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dédaigne	(... that) I disdain
(... que) tu dédaignes	(... that) you disdain
(... que) il dédaigne	(... that) he disdains
(... que) elle dédaigne	(... that) she disdains
(... que) nous dédaignions	(... that) we disdain
(... que) vous dédaigniez	(... that) you disdain
(... que) ils dédaignent	(... that) they disdain
(... que) elles dédaignent	(... that) they disdain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je dédaignasse	(... that) I was disdaining
(... que) tu dédaignasses	(... that) you were disdaining
(... que) il dédaignât	(... that) he was disdaining
(... que) elle dédaignât	(... that) she was disdaining
(... que) nous dédaignassions	(... that) we were disdaining
(... que) vous dédaignassiez	(... that) you were disdaining
(... que) ils dédaignassent	(... that) they were disdaining
(... que) elles dédaignassent	(... that) they were disdaining

Imperative		Scored
dédaigne	Disdain
dédaignons	Let's disdain
dédaignez	Disdain

Present Participle		Scored
dédaignant	disdaining

Past Participle		Scored
dédaigné	disdained

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