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Conjugation of the French verb demander

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb demander, along with their English translations.

demander is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
demander	to ask

Present		Scored
je demande	I ask
tu demandes	you ask
il demande	he asks
elle demande	she asks
nous demandons	we ask
vous demandez	you ask
ils demandent	they ask
elles demandent	they ask

Imperfect		Scored
je demandais	I was asking
tu demandais	you were asking
il demandait	he was asking
elle demandait	she was asking
nous demandions	we were asking
vous demandiez	you were asking
ils demandaient	they were asking
elles demandaient	they were asking

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je demandai	I asked
tu demandas	you asked
il demanda	he asked
elle demanda	she asked
nous demandâmes	we asked
vous demandâtes	you asked
ils demandèrent	they asked
elles demandèrent	they asked

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai demandé	I asked
tu as demandé	you asked
il a demandé	he asked
elle a demandé	she asked
nous avons demandé	we asked
vous avez demandé	you asked
ils ont demandé	they asked
elles ont demandé	they asked

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais demandé	I had asked
tu avais demandé	you had asked
il avait demandé	he had asked
elle avait demandé	she had asked
nous avions demandé	we had asked
vous aviez demandé	you had asked
ils avaient demandé	they had asked
elles avaient demandé	they had asked

Future		Scored
je demanderai	I will ask
tu demanderas	you will ask
il demandera	he will ask
elle demandera	she will ask
nous demanderons	we will ask
vous demanderez	you will ask
ils demanderont	they will ask
elles demanderont	they will ask

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai demandé	I will have asked
tu auras demandé	you will have asked
il aura demandé	he will have asked
elle aura demandé	she will have asked
nous aurons demandé	we will have asked
vous aurez demandé	you will have asked
ils auront demandé	they will have asked
elles auront demandé	they will have asked

Conditional		Scored
je demanderais	I would ask
tu demanderais	you would ask
il demanderait	he would ask
elle demanderait	she would ask
nous demanderions	we would ask
vous demanderiez	you would ask
ils demanderaient	they would ask
elles demanderaient	they would ask

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais demandé	I would have asked
tu aurais demandé	you would have asked
il aurait demandé	he would have asked
elle aurait demandé	she would have asked
nous aurions demandé	we would have asked
vous auriez demandé	you would have asked
ils auraient demandé	they would have asked
elles auraient demandé	they would have asked

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je demande	(... that) I ask
(... que) tu demandes	(... that) you ask
(... que) il demande	(... that) he asks
(... que) elle demande	(... that) she asks
(... que) nous demandions	(... that) we ask
(... que) vous demandiez	(... that) you ask
(... que) ils demandent	(... that) they ask
(... que) elles demandent	(... that) they ask

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je demandasse	(... that) I was asking
(... que) tu demandasses	(... that) you were asking
(... que) il demandât	(... that) he was asking
(... que) elle demandât	(... that) she was asking
(... que) nous demandassions	(... that) we were asking
(... que) vous demandassiez	(... that) you were asking
(... que) ils demandassent	(... that) they were asking
(... que) elles demandassent	(... that) they were asking

Imperative		Scored
demande	Ask
demandons	Let's ask
demandez	Ask

Present Participle		Scored
demandant	asking

Past Participle		Scored
demandé	asked

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