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Definition 2024
demeurer
demeurer
French
Verb
demeurer
- to live, stay
- (formal) to stay, to remain, to stop for a long time
- (figuratively) to last, to persist
Conjugation
Conjugation of demeurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | demeurer | avoir demeuré | |||||
| gerund | en demeurant | en ayant demeuré | |||||
| present participle | demeurant /də.mœ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | demeuré /də.mœ.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | demeure /də.mœʁ/ |
demeures /də.mœʁ/ |
demeure /də.mœʁ/ |
demeurons /də.mœ.ʁɔ̃/ |
demeurez /də.mœ.ʁe/ |
demeurent /də.mœʁ/ |
| imperfect | demeurais /də.mœ.ʁɛ/ |
demeurais /də.mœ.ʁɛ/ |
demeurait /də.mœ.ʁɛ/ |
demeurions /də.mœ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
demeuriez /də.mœ.ʁje/ |
demeuraient /də.mœ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | demeurai /də.mœ.ʁe/ |
demeuras /də.mœ.ʁa/ |
demeura /də.mœ.ʁa/ |
demeurâmes /də.mœ.ʁam/ |
demeurâtes /də.mœ.ʁat/ |
demeurèrent /də.mœ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | demeurerai /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
demeureras /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
demeurera /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
demeurerons /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
demeurerez /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
demeureront /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | demeurerais /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
demeurerais /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
demeurerait /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
demeurerions /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
demeureriez /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
demeureraient /də.mœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | demeure /də.mœʁ/ |
demeures /də.mœʁ/ |
demeure /də.mœʁ/ |
demeurions /də.mœ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
demeuriez /də.mœ.ʁje/ |
demeurent /də.mœʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
demeurasse /də.mœ.ʁas/ |
demeurasses /də.mœ.ʁas/ |
demeurât /də.mœ.ʁa/ |
demeurassions /də.mœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
demeurassiez /də.mœ.ʁa.sje/ |
demeurassent /də.mœ.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | demeure /də.mœʁ/ |
— | demeurons /də.mœ.ʁɔ̃/ |
demeurez /də.mœ.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
- The definition to remain is conjugated with the auxiliary verb être instead of avoir.