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 dissuade.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissuade | I dissuade | |
| tu | dissuades | you dissuade | |
| il / elle / on | dissuade | he / she / it dissuadeson: we dissuade / one dissuades | |
| nous | dissuadons | we dissuade | |
| vous | dissuadez | you dissuade | |
| ils / elles | dissuadent | they dissuade |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul dissuade son ami de partir seul.
Paul dissuades his friend from leaving alone.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai dissuadé | I dissuaded | |
| tu | as dissuadé | you dissuaded | |
| il / elle / on | a dissuadé | he / she / it dissuadedon: we dissuaded / one dissuaded | |
| nous | avons dissuadé | we dissuaded | |
| vous | avez dissuadé | you dissuaded | |
| ils / elles | ont dissuadé | they dissuaded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a dissuadé son ami de partir seul.
Yesterday, Paul dissuaded his friend from leaving alone.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissuadais | I used to dissuade | |
| tu | dissuadais | you used to dissuade | |
| il / elle / on | dissuadait | he / she / it used to dissuadeon: we used to dissuade / one used to dissuade | |
| nous | dissuadions | we used to dissuade | |
| vous | dissuadiez | you used to dissuade | |
| ils / elles | dissuadaient | they used to dissuade |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul dissuadait son ami de partir seul.
Back then, Paul used to dissuade his friend from leaving alone.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissuaderai | I will dissuade | |
| tu | dissuaderas | you will dissuade | |
| il / elle / on | dissuadera | he / she / it will dissuadeon: we will dissuade / one will dissuade | |
| nous | dissuaderons | we will dissuade | |
| vous | dissuaderez | you will dissuade | |
| ils / elles | dissuaderont | they will dissuade |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul dissuadera son ami de partir seul.
Later, Paul will dissuade his friend from leaving alone.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissuaderais | I would dissuade | |
| tu | dissuaderais | you would dissuade | |
| il / elle / on | dissuaderait | he / she / it would dissuadeon: we would dissuade / one would dissuade | |
| nous | dissuaderions | we would dissuade | |
| vous | dissuaderiez | you would dissuade | |
| ils / elles | dissuaderaient | they would dissuade |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul dissuaderait son ami de partir seul.
Paul would dissuade his friend from leaving alone.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissuade | (that) I dissuade | |
| tu | dissuades | (that) you dissuade | |
| il / elle / on | dissuade | (that) he / she / it dissuadeson: (that) we dissuade / one dissuades | |
| nous | dissuadions | (that) we dissuade | |
| vous | dissuadiez | (that) you dissuade | |
| ils / elles | dissuadent | (that) they dissuade |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul dissuade son ami de partir seul.
It is possible that Paul dissuades his friend from leaving alone.
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 dissuade; to put off
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