How do you conjugate "descendre" in the Present Simple tense in French?

Present Simple conjugation of descendre: je descends, tu descends, il/elle descend, nous descendons, vous descendez, ils/elles descendent. Example: "Je descends les escaliers chaque matin." — "I go down the stairs every morning."

How do you conjugate "descendre" in the Present Perfect tense in French?

Present Perfect conjugation of descendre: je suis descendu, tu es descendu, il/elle est descendu, nous sommes descendus, vous êtes descendus, ils/elles sont descendus. Example: "Je suis descendu au premier étage." — "I went down to the first floor."

How do you conjugate "descendre" in the Imperfect tense in French?

Imperfect conjugation of descendre: je descendais, tu descendais, il/elle descendait, nous descendions, vous descendiez, ils/elles descendaient. Example: "Je descendais la rue quand je l'ai vue." — "I was going down the street when I saw her."

descendre (to go down) — French Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

descendre (to go down) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate descendre (to go down) across all tenses in French. Each tense includes real example sentences in French and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

descendre — Present Simple in French

descendre Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	descends	Je descends les escaliers chaque matin.	I go down the stairs every morning.
tu	descends	Tu descends à la cave pour chercher du vin.	You go down to the basement to get wine.
il/elle	descend	Il descend à la plage au coucher du soleil.	He/she goes down to the beach at sunset.
nous	descendons	Nous descendons au centre-ville le week-end.	We go down to the city center on weekends.
vous	descendez	Vous descendez la montagne prudemment.	You all go down the mountain carefully.
ils/elles	descendent	Ils descendent au rez-de-chaussée pour le petit-déjeuner.	They go down to the first floor for breakfast.

descendre — Present Perfect in French

descendre Present Perfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	suis descendu	Je suis descendu au premier étage.	I went down to the first floor.
tu	es descendu	Tu es descendu trop vite.	You went down too quickly.
il/elle	est descendu	Il est descendu à la plage.	He/she went down to the beach.
nous	sommes descendus	Nous sommes descendus au centre-ville.	We went down to the city center.
vous	êtes descendus	Vous êtes descendus tôt ce matin.	You all went down early this morning.
ils/elles	sont descendus	Ils sont descendus au parking.	They went down to the parking lot.

descendre — Imperfect in French

descendre Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	descendais	Je descendais la rue quand je l'ai vue.	I was going down the street when I saw her.
tu	descendais	Tu descendais à la rivière chaque été.	You used to go down to the river every summer.
il/elle	descendait	Elle descendait lentement à cause de son genou.	She was going down slowly because of her knee.
nous	descendions	Nous descendions la colline quand il a commencé à pleuvoir.	We were going down the hill when it started raining.
vous	descendiez	Vous descendiez au marché ensemble.	You all used to go down to the market together.
ils/elles	descendaient	Elles descendaient les escaliers quand les lumières se sont éteintes.	They were going down the stairs when the lights went out.

descendre — to go down — French Verbs

descendre (to go down) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

descendre — Present Simple in French

descendre — Present Perfect in French

descendre — Imperfect in French