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Conjugation of the French verb désirer

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

désirer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
désirer	to desire

Present		Scored
je désire	I desire
tu désires	you desire
il désire	he desires
elle désire	she desires
nous désirons	we desire
vous désirez	you desire
ils désirent	they desire
elles désirent	they desire

Imperfect		Scored
je désirais	I was desiring
tu désirais	you were desiring
il désirait	he was desiring
elle désirait	she was desiring
nous désirions	we were desiring
vous désiriez	you were desiring
ils désiraient	they were desiring
elles désiraient	they were desiring

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 désirai	I desired
tu désiras	you desired
il désira	he desired
elle désira	she desired
nous désirâmes	we desired
vous désirâtes	you desired
ils désirèrent	they desired
elles désirèrent	they desired

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

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

Future		Scored
je désirerai	I will desire
tu désireras	you will desire
il désirera	he will desire
elle désirera	she will desire
nous désirerons	we will desire
vous désirerez	you will desire
ils désireront	they will desire
elles désireront	they will desire

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

Conditional		Scored
je désirerais	I would desire
tu désirerais	you would desire
il désirerait	he would desire
elle désirerait	she would desire
nous désirerions	we would desire
vous désireriez	you would desire
ils désireraient	they would desire
elles désireraient	they would desire

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je désire	(... that) I desire
(... que) tu désires	(... that) you desire
(... que) il désire	(... that) he desires
(... que) elle désire	(... that) she desires
(... que) nous désirions	(... that) we desire
(... que) vous désiriez	(... that) you desire
(... que) ils désirent	(... that) they desire
(... que) elles désirent	(... that) they desire

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je désirasse	(... that) I was desiring
(... que) tu désirasses	(... that) you were desiring
(... que) il désirât	(... that) he was desiring
(... que) elle désirât	(... that) she was desiring
(... que) nous désirassions	(... that) we were desiring
(... que) vous désirassiez	(... that) you were desiring
(... que) ils désirassent	(... that) they were desiring
(... que) elles désirassent	(... that) they were desiring

Imperative		Scored
désire	Desire
désirons	Let's desire
désirez	Desire

Present Participle		Scored
désirant	desiring

Past Participle		Scored
désiré	desired

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Irregular conjugation

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