diminuer
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
diminuer
Conjugation Edit
Conjugation of diminuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | diminuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | diminuant /di.mi.nɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | diminué /di.mi.nɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | diminue /di.mi.ny/ |
diminues /di.mi.ny/ |
diminue /di.mi.ny/ |
diminuons /di.mi.nɥɔ̃/ |
diminuez /di.mi.nɥe/ |
diminuent /di.mi.ny/ |
| imperfect | diminuais /di.mi.nɥɛ/ |
diminuais /di.mi.nɥɛ/ |
diminuait /di.mi.nɥɛ/ |
diminuions /di.mi.ny.jɔ̃/ |
diminuiez /di.mi.ny.je/ |
diminuaient /di.mi.nɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | diminuai /di.mi.nɥe/ |
diminuas /di.mi.nɥa/ |
diminua /di.mi.nɥa/ |
diminuâmes /di.mi.nɥam/ |
diminuâtes /di.mi.nɥat/ |
diminuèrent /di.mi.nɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | diminuerai /di.mi.ny.ʁe/ |
diminueras /di.mi.ny.ʁa/ |
diminuera /di.mi.ny.ʁa/ |
diminuerons /di.mi.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
diminuerez /di.mi.ny.ʁe/ |
diminueront /di.mi.ny.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | diminuerais /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/ |
diminuerais /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/ |
diminuerait /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/ |
diminuerions /di.mi.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ |
diminueriez /di.mi.ny.ʁje/ |
diminueraient /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | diminue /di.mi.ny/ |
diminues /di.mi.ny/ |
diminue /di.mi.ny/ |
diminuions /di.mi.ny.jɔ̃/ |
diminuiez /di.mi.ny.je/ |
diminuent /di.mi.ny/ |
| imperfect2 | diminuasse /di.mi.nɥas/ |
diminuasses /di.mi.nɥas/ |
diminuât /di.mi.nɥa/ |
diminuassions /di.mi.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
diminuassiez /di.mi.nɥa.sje/ |
diminuassent /di.mi.nɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | diminue /di.mi.ny/ |
— | diminuons /di.mi.nɥɔ̃/ |
diminuez /di.mi.nɥe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Antonyms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “diminuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua Edit
Verb Edit
diminuer
- to decrease
Conjugation Edit
Conjugation of diminuer
| infinitive | diminuer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| diminuente | diminuite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | diminue | ha diminuite | |
| past | diminueva | habeva diminuite | |
| future | diminuera | habera diminuite | |
| conditional | diminuerea | haberea diminuite | |
| imperative | diminue | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es diminuite | ha essite diminuite | |
| past | esseva diminuite | habeva essite diminuite | |
| future | essera diminuite | habera essite diminuite | |
| conditional | esserea diminuite | haberea essite diminuite | |
| imperative | sia diminuite | ||