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Definition 2024
descourager
descourager
Middle French
Verb
descourager
- to discourage
- (reflexive, se descourager) to becomes discouraged
Conjugation
- As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of descourager
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | descourager | avoir descouragé | |||||
| gerund | en descourageant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | descourageant | ||||||
| past participle | descouragé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | descourage | descourages | descourage | descourageons | descouragez | descouragent |
| imperfect | descourageois, descourageoys | descourageois, descourageoys | descourageoit, descourageoyt | descouragions, descouragyons | descouragiez, descouragyez | descourageoient, descourageoyent | |
| past historic | descouragea | descourageas | descouragea | descourageasmes | descourageastes | descouragerent | |
| future | descouragerai, descourageray | descourageras | descouragera | descouragerons | descouragerez | descourageront | |
| conditional | descouragerois, descourageroys | descouragerois, descourageroys | descourageroit, descourageroyt | descouragerions, descourageryons | descourageriez, descourageryez | descourageroient, descourageroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | descourage | descourages | descourage | descourageons | descouragez | descouragent |
| imperfect | descourageasse | descourageasses | descourageast | descourageassions | descourageassiez | descourageassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | descourage | — | descourageons | descouragez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: discourage
- French: décourager