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diminuer
diminuer
French
Verb
diminuer
Conjugation
Conjugation of diminuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | diminuer | avoir diminué | |||||
| gerund | en diminuant | en ayant diminué | |||||
| present participle | diminuant /di.mi.nɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | diminué /di.mi.nɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | diminuai /di.mi.nɥe/ |
diminuas /di.mi.nɥa/ |
diminua /di.mi.nɥa/ |
diminuâmes /di.mi.nɥam/ |
diminuâtes /di.mi.nɥat/ |
diminuèrent /di.mi.nɥɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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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 | 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/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | diminue /di.mi.ny/ |
— | diminuons /di.mi.nɥɔ̃/ |
diminuez /di.mi.nɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Interlingua
Verb
diminuer
- to decrease
Conjugation
Conjugation of “diminuer”
| Nominal forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | diminuer | ||
| Present | Perfect | ||
| Participles | diminuente | diminuite | |
| Personal forms | |||
| Simple | Perfect | ||
| Active voice | Present | diminue | ha diminuite |
| Past | diminueva | habeva diminuite | |
| Future | diminuera | habera diminuite | |
| Conditional | diminuerea | haberea diminuite | |
| Imperative | diminue | -- | |
| Passive voice | 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 | -- | |