dissuader — French conjugation

to dissuade; to put off

Frequency#671Regular

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
jedissuadeI dissuade
tudissuadesyou dissuade
il/elledissuadehe/she/it dissuades
nousdissuadonswe dissuade
vousdissuadezyou (pl.) dissuade
ils/ellesdissuadentthey dissuade

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
jedissuadaiI dissuaded
tudissuadasyou dissuaded
il/elledissuadahe/she/it dissuaded
nousdissuadâmeswe dissuaded
vousdissuadâtesyou (pl.) dissuaded
ils/ellesdissuadèrentthey dissuaded

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
jedissuadais
tudissuadais
il/elledissuadait
nousdissuadions
vousdissuadiez
ils/ellesdissuadaient

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
jedissuaderaisI would dissuade
tudissuaderaisyou would dissuade
il/elledissuaderaithe/she/it would dissuade
nousdissuaderionswe would dissuade
vousdissuaderiezyou (pl.) would dissuade
ils/ellesdissuaderaientthey would dissuade

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
jedissuaderaiI will dissuade
tudissuaderasyou will dissuade
il/elledissuaderahe/she/it will dissuade
nousdissuaderonswe will dissuade
vousdissuaderezyou (pl.) will dissuade
ils/ellesdissuaderontthey will dissuade

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 dissuadéI have dissuaded
tutu as dissuadéyou have dissuaded
il/elleil/elle a dissuadéhe/she/it has dissuaded
nousnous avons dissuadéwe have dissuaded
vousvous avez dissuadéyou (pl.) have dissuaded
ils/ellesils/elles ont dissuadéthey have dissuaded

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 dissuadéI had dissuaded
tutu avais dissuadéyou had dissuaded
il/elleil/elle avait dissuadéhe/she/it had dissuaded
nousnous avions dissuadéwe had dissuaded
vousvous aviez dissuadéyou (pl.) had dissuaded
ils/ellesils/elles avaient dissuadéthey had dissuaded

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 dissuadé
tutu aurais dissuadé
il/elleil/elle aurait dissuadé
nousnous aurions dissuadé
vousvous auriez dissuadé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient dissuadé

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 dissuadéI will have dissuaded
tutu auras dissuadéyou will have dissuaded
il/elleil/elle aura dissuadéhe/she/it will have dissuaded
nousnous aurons dissuadéwe will have dissuaded
vousvous aurez dissuadéyou (pl.) will have dissuaded
ils/ellesils/elles auront dissuadéthey will have dissuaded

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
jedissuade
tudissuades
il/elledissuade
nousdissuadions
vousdissuadiez
ils/ellesdissuadent

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
jedissuadasse
tudissuadasses
il/elledissuadât
nousdissuadassions
vousdissuadassiez
ils/ellesdissuadassent

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
tudissuade
nousdissuadons
vousdissuadez