Daily Verb Lesson: French for discourage is décourager
The French for discourage is the regular ER verb décourager.To remember this, imagine the owl is discouraged by his lack of DAY COURAGE!
décourager can also mean: to dishearten, to daunt.
Related words include:
- se décourager (vr) : to get discouraged.
- encourager (v) : to encourage.
- le écouragement (nm) : discouragement, despondency.
About 230 ER verbs end in GER. Before the letter a or o, the g changes to ge so that the g remains soft (like the g in giraffe rather than g in go).
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: changer, décourager, diriger, échanger, exiger, ronger, soulager, venger.
Don't get discouraged with learning French, use effective, innovative techniques like Cartoon Memory Triggers. To remember a word, just think of the pic!
Imagine the owl is discouraged by
his lack of DAY COURAGE!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent discourage |
décourage | décourages | décourage | décourageons | découragez | découragent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait discouraged |
décourageais | décourageais | décourageait | découragions | découragiez | décourageaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple discouraged |
décourageai | décourageas | découragea | décourageâmes | décourageâtes | découragèrent |
| Future Futur will discourage |
découragerai | décourageras | découragera | découragerons | découragerez | décourageront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would discourage |
découragerais | découragerais | découragerait | découragerions | décourageriez | changeraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may discourage |
décourage | décourages | décourage | découragions | découragiez | découragent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have discouraged |
ai découragé | as découragé | a découragé | avons découragé | avez découragé | ont découragé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had discouraged |
avais découragé | avais découragé | avait découragé | avions découragé | aviez découragé | avaient découragé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have discouraged |
aurai découragé | auras découragé | aura découragé | aurons découragé | aurez découragé | auront découragé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've discouraged | aurais découragé | aurais découragé | aurait découragé | aurions découragé | auriez découragé | auraient découragé |
| Imperative Imperatif discourage! |
décourage ! | décourageons ! | découragez ! | |||
✔ décourager is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn décourager and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns.
More Verbs like the French verb décourager - French for discourage✔ There are many more French Verb Tables like this one.✔ YOU can easily add these daily French verb lessons to YOUR website - free by copying and pasting some code we give you. ✔ You can more easily remember words and verbs like the French verb décourager - French for discourage - using the techniques of the world's Memory Masters. |
Subscribe NOW to the FREE email Learn French NewsletterBefore you go, be sure to SUBSCRIBE NOW to get your FREE email Learn French Newsletter below. Every week you will get a selection of French Learning material and a verb of the week, cartoon Memory Trigger and items of interest to the student of French: |
Transcity Properties Ltd trading as exceltra, 32 Alverton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 5EF, United Kingdom
Serving fast language learning to the world including Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia and the Americas. ©
French Learning Made Fun and Fast with your free Daily French Verb Lesson - décourager.