déconcerter — French conjugation

to disconcert

Frequency#806Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéconcerteI disconcert
tudéconcertesyou disconcert
il/elledéconcertehe/she/it disconcerts
nousdéconcertonswe disconcert
vousdéconcertezyou (pl.) disconcert
ils/ellesdéconcertentthey disconcert

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéconcertaiI disconcerted
tudéconcertasyou disconcerted
il/elledéconcertahe/she/it disconcerted
nousdéconcertâmeswe disconcerted
vousdéconcertâtesyou (pl.) disconcerted
ils/ellesdéconcertèrentthey disconcerted

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jedéconcertais
tudéconcertais
il/elledéconcertait
nousdéconcertions
vousdéconcertiez
ils/ellesdéconcertaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéconcerteraisI would disconcert
tudéconcerteraisyou would disconcert
il/elledéconcerteraithe/she/it would disconcert
nousdéconcerterionswe would disconcert
vousdéconcerteriezyou (pl.) would disconcert
ils/ellesdéconcerteraientthey would disconcert

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedéconcerteraiI will disconcert
tudéconcerterasyou will disconcert
il/elledéconcerterahe/she/it will disconcert
nousdéconcerteronswe will disconcert
vousdéconcerterezyou (pl.) will disconcert
ils/ellesdéconcerterontthey will disconcert

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai déconcertéI have disconcerted
tutu as déconcertéyou have disconcerted
il/elleil/elle a déconcertéhe/she/it has disconcerted
nousnous avons déconcertéwe have disconcerted
vousvous avez déconcertéyou (pl.) have disconcerted
ils/ellesils/elles ont déconcertéthey have disconcerted

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais déconcertéI had disconcerted
tutu avais déconcertéyou had disconcerted
il/elleil/elle avait déconcertéhe/she/it had disconcerted
nousnous avions déconcertéwe had disconcerted
vousvous aviez déconcertéyou (pl.) had disconcerted
ils/ellesils/elles avaient déconcertéthey had disconcerted

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais déconcerté
tutu aurais déconcerté
il/elleil/elle aurait déconcerté
nousnous aurions déconcerté
vousvous auriez déconcerté
ils/ellesils/elles auraient déconcerté

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai déconcertéI will have disconcerted
tutu auras déconcertéyou will have disconcerted
il/elleil/elle aura déconcertéhe/she/it will have disconcerted
nousnous aurons déconcertéwe will have disconcerted
vousvous aurez déconcertéyou (pl.) will have disconcerted
ils/ellesils/elles auront déconcertéthey will have disconcerted

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jedéconcerte
tudéconcertes
il/elledéconcerte
nousdéconcertions
vousdéconcertiez
ils/ellesdéconcertent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jedéconcertasse
tudéconcertasses
il/elledéconcertât
nousdéconcertassions
vousdéconcertassiez
ils/ellesdéconcertassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tudéconcerte
nousdéconcertons
vousdéconcertez