discuter
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
discuter
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of discuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | discuter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | discutant /dis.ky.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | discuté /dis.ky.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | discute /dis.kyt/ |
discutes /dis.kyt/ |
discute /dis.kyt/ |
discutons /dis.ky.tɔ̃/ |
discutez /dis.ky.te/ |
discutent /dis.kyt/ |
| imperfect | discutais /dis.ky.tɛ/ |
discutais /dis.ky.tɛ/ |
discutait /dis.ky.tɛ/ |
discutions /dis.ky.tjɔ̃/ |
discutiez /dis.ky.tje/ |
discutaient /dis.ky.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | discutai /dis.ky.te/ |
discutas /dis.ky.ta/ |
discuta /dis.ky.ta/ |
discutâmes /dis.ky.tam/ |
discutâtes /dis.ky.tat/ |
discutèrent /dis.ky.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | discuterai /dis.ky.tʁe/ |
discuteras /dis.ky.tʁa/ |
discutera /dis.ky.tʁa/ |
discuterons /dis.ky.tʁɔ̃/ |
discuterez /dis.ky.tʁe/ |
discuteront /dis.ky.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | discuterais /dis.ky.tʁɛ/ |
discuterais /dis.ky.tʁɛ/ |
discuterait /dis.ky.tʁɛ/ |
discuterions /dis.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
discuteriez /dis.ky.tə.ʁje/ |
discuteraient /dis.ky.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | discute /dis.kyt/ |
discutes /dis.kyt/ |
discute /dis.kyt/ |
discutions /dis.ky.tjɔ̃/ |
discutiez /dis.ky.tje/ |
discutent /dis.kyt/ |
| imperfect2 | discutasse /dis.ky.tas/ |
discutasses /dis.ky.tas/ |
discutât /dis.ky.ta/ |
discutassions /dis.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
discutassiez /dis.ky.ta.sje/ |
discutassent /dis.ky.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | discute /dis.kyt/ |
— | discutons /dis.ky.tɔ̃/ |
discutez /dis.ky.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “discuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
From French.
Verb edit
discuter
- to discuss
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of discuter
| infinitive | discuter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| discutente | discutite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | discute | ha discutite | |
| past | discuteva | habeva discutite | |
| future | discutera | habera discutite | |
| conditional | discuterea | haberea discutite | |
| imperative | discute | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es discutite | ha essite discutite | |
| past | esseva discutite | habeva essite discutite | |
| future | essera discutite | habera essite discutite | |
| conditional | esserea discutite | haberea essite discutite | |
| imperative | sia discutite | ||