French verb demander

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb demander in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of demander

PresentPerfect

jedemande
tudemandes
il/elledemande
nousdemandons
vousdemandez
ils/ellesdemandent

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j'ai demandé
tuas demandé
il/ellea demandé
nousavons demandé
vousavez demandé
ils/ellesont demandé

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ImperfectPluperfect

jedemandais
tudemandais
il/elledemandait
nousdemandions
vousdemandiez
ils/ellesdemandaient

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j'avais demandé
tuavais demandé
il/elleavait demandé
nousavions demandé
vousaviez demandé
ils/ellesavaient demandé

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FutureFuture-perfect

jedemanderai
tudemanderas
il/elledemandera
nousdemanderons
vousdemanderez
ils/ellesdemanderont

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j'aurai demandé
tuauras demandé
il/elleaura demandé
nousaurons demandé
vousaurez demandé
ils/ellesauront demandé

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ConditionalConditional perfect

jedemanderais
tudemanderais
il/elledemanderait
nousdemanderions
vousdemanderiez
ils/ellesdemanderaient

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j'aurais demandé
tuaurais demandé
il/elleaurait demandé
nousaurions demandé
vousauriez demandé
ils/ellesauraient demandé

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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jedemande
tudemandes
il/elledemande
nousdemandions
vousdemandiez
ils/ellesdemandent

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j'aie demandé
tuaies demandé
il/elleait demandé
nousayons demandé
vousayez demandé
ils/ellesaient demandé

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This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

  • No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
  • No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)2;
  • Past participle in 1.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.


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