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Conjugation of the French verb démêler

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

démêler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
démêler	to untangle

Present		Scored
je démêle	I untangle
tu démêles	you untangle
il démêle	he untangles
elle démêle	she untangles
nous démêlons	we untangle
vous démêlez	you untangle
ils démêlent	they untangle
elles démêlent	they untangle

Imperfect		Scored
je démêlais	I was untangling
tu démêlais	you were untangling
il démêlait	he was untangling
elle démêlait	she was untangling
nous démêlions	we were untangling
vous démêliez	you were untangling
ils démêlaient	they were untangling
elles démêlaient	they were untangling

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 démêlai	I untangled
tu démêlas	you untangled
il démêla	he untangled
elle démêla	she untangled
nous démêlâmes	we untangled
vous démêlâtes	you untangled
ils démêlèrent	they untangled
elles démêlèrent	they untangled

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

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

Future		Scored
je démêlerai	I will untangle
tu démêleras	you will untangle
il démêlera	he will untangle
elle démêlera	she will untangle
nous démêlerons	we will untangle
vous démêlerez	you will untangle
ils démêleront	they will untangle
elles démêleront	they will untangle

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

Conditional		Scored
je démêlerais	I would untangle
tu démêlerais	you would untangle
il démêlerait	he would untangle
elle démêlerait	she would untangle
nous démêlerions	we would untangle
vous démêleriez	you would untangle
ils démêleraient	they would untangle
elles démêleraient	they would untangle

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je démêle	(... that) I untangle
(... que) tu démêles	(... that) you untangle
(... que) il démêle	(... that) he untangles
(... que) elle démêle	(... that) she untangles
(... que) nous démêlions	(... that) we untangle
(... que) vous démêliez	(... that) you untangle
(... que) ils démêlent	(... that) they untangle
(... que) elles démêlent	(... that) they untangle

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je démêlasse	(... that) I was untangling
(... que) tu démêlasses	(... that) you were untangling
(... que) il démêlât	(... that) he was untangling
(... que) elle démêlât	(... that) she was untangling
(... que) nous démêlassions	(... that) we were untangling
(... que) vous démêlassiez	(... that) you were untangling
(... que) ils démêlassent	(... that) they were untangling
(... que) elles démêlassent	(... that) they were untangling

Imperative		Scored
démêle	Untangle
démêlons	Let's untangle
démêlez	Untangle

Present Participle		Scored
démêlant	untangling

Past Participle		Scored
démêlé	untangled

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