Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to dismantle.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démonte | I dismantle | |
| tu | démontes | you dismantle | |
| il / elle / on | démonte | he / she / it dismantleson: we dismantle / one dismantles | |
| nous | démontons | we dismantle | |
| vous | démontez | you dismantle | |
| ils / elles | démontent | they dismantle |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul démonte la vieille étagère.
Paul dismantles the old bookcase.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai démonté | I dismantled | |
| tu | as démonté | you dismantled | |
| il / elle / on | a démonté | he / she / it dismantledon: we dismantled / one dismantled | |
| nous | avons démonté | we dismantled | |
| vous | avez démonté | you dismantled | |
| ils / elles | ont démonté | they dismantled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a démonté la vieille étagère.
Yesterday, Paul dismantled the old bookcase.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démontais | I used to dismantle | |
| tu | démontais | you used to dismantle | |
| il / elle / on | démontait | he / she / it used to dismantleon: we used to dismantle / one used to dismantle | |
| nous | démontions | we used to dismantle | |
| vous | démontiez | you used to dismantle | |
| ils / elles | démontaient | they used to dismantle |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul démontait la vieille étagère.
Back then, Paul used to dismantle the old bookcase.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démonterai | I will dismantle | |
| tu | démonteras | you will dismantle | |
| il / elle / on | démontera | he / she / it will dismantleon: we will dismantle / one will dismantle | |
| nous | démonterons | we will dismantle | |
| vous | démonterez | you will dismantle | |
| ils / elles | démonteront | they will dismantle |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul démontera la vieille étagère.
Later, Paul will dismantle the old bookcase.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démonterais | I would dismantle | |
| tu | démonterais | you would dismantle | |
| il / elle / on | démonterait | he / she / it would dismantleon: we would dismantle / one would dismantle | |
| nous | démonterions | we would dismantle | |
| vous | démonteriez | you would dismantle | |
| ils / elles | démonteraient | they would dismantle |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul démonterait la vieille étagère.
Paul would dismantle the old bookcase.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démonte | (that) I dismantle | |
| tu | démontes | (that) you dismantle | |
| il / elle / on | démonte | (that) he / she / it dismantleson: (that) we dismantle / one dismantles | |
| nous | démontions | (that) we dismantle | |
| vous | démontiez | (that) you dismantle | |
| ils / elles | démontent | (that) they dismantle |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul démonte la vieille étagère.
It is possible that Paul dismantles the old bookcase.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to dismantle, to take down
- to remove, to take off
- to disconcert
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations