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Conjugation of the French verb désigner

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

désigner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
désigner	to designate

Present		Scored
je désigne	I designate
tu désignes	you designate
il désigne	he designates
elle désigne	she designates
nous désignons	we designate
vous désignez	you designate
ils désignent	they designate
elles désignent	they designate

Imperfect		Scored
je désignais	I was designating
tu désignais	you were designating
il désignait	he was designating
elle désignait	she was designating
nous désignions	we were designating
vous désigniez	you were designating
ils désignaient	they were designating
elles désignaient	they were designating

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 désignai	I designated
tu désignas	you designated
il désigna	he designated
elle désigna	she designated
nous désignâmes	we designated
vous désignâtes	you designated
ils désignèrent	they designated
elles désignèrent	they designated

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

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

Future		Scored
je désignerai	I will designate
tu désigneras	you will designate
il désignera	he will designate
elle désignera	she will designate
nous désignerons	we will designate
vous désignerez	you will designate
ils désigneront	they will designate
elles désigneront	they will designate

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

Conditional		Scored
je désignerais	I would designate
tu désignerais	you would designate
il désignerait	he would designate
elle désignerait	she would designate
nous désignerions	we would designate
vous désigneriez	you would designate
ils désigneraient	they would designate
elles désigneraient	they would designate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je désigne	(... that) I designate
(... que) tu désignes	(... that) you designate
(... que) il désigne	(... that) he designates
(... que) elle désigne	(... that) she designates
(... que) nous désignions	(... that) we designate
(... que) vous désigniez	(... that) you designate
(... que) ils désignent	(... that) they designate
(... que) elles désignent	(... that) they designate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je désignasse	(... that) I was designating
(... que) tu désignasses	(... that) you were designating
(... que) il désignât	(... that) he was designating
(... que) elle désignât	(... that) she was designating
(... que) nous désignassions	(... that) we were designating
(... que) vous désignassiez	(... that) you were designating
(... que) ils désignassent	(... that) they were designating
(... que) elles désignassent	(... that) they were designating

Imperative		Scored
désigne	Designate
désignons	Let's designate
désignez	Designate

Present Participle		Scored
désignant	designating

Past Participle		Scored
désigné	designated

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