Daily Verb Lesson: French relax (oneself) is se délasser
The French for relax is the regular ER reflexive verb se délasser.To remember this, imagine saying "Just relax, DE LASS needs to rest!"
se délasser can also mean; to abate, to subside, to die down, to ease, to quieten.
Related words include:
- le délassement (nm) : relaxation, rest.
- délassant/e (adj) : relaxing, entertaining (ie film).
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine saying, "Just relax!
... DE LASS needs to rest!"
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent relax |
délasse | délasses | délasse | délassons | délassez | délassent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait relaxed |
délassais | délassais | délassait | délassions | délassiez | délassaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple relaxed |
délassai | délassas | délassa | délassâmes | délassâtes | délassèrent |
| Future Futur will relax |
délasserai | délasseras | délassera | délasserons | délasserez | délasseront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would relax |
délasserais | délasserais | délasserait | délasserions | délasseriez | délasseraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may relax |
délasse | délasses | délasse | délassions | délassiez | délassent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have relaxed |
me suis délassé(e) |
t'es délassé(e) |
s'est délassé(e) |
nous sommes délassé(e)s |
vous êtes délassé(e)s |
se sont délassé(e)s |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had relaxed |
m'étais délassé(e) |
t'étais délassé(e) |
s'était délassé(e) |
nous étions délassé(e)s |
vour étiez délassé(e)s |
s'étaient délassé(e)s |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have relaxed |
me serai délassé(e) |
te seras délassé(e) |
se sera délassé(e) |
nous serons délassé(e)s |
vous serez délassé(e)s |
se seront délassé(e)s |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have relaxed |
me serais délassé(e) |
te serais délassé(e) |
se serait délassé(e) |
nous serions délassé(e)s |
vous seriez délassé(e)s | se seraient délassé(e)s |
| Imperative Imperatif relax! |
délasse-toi ! | délassons-nous ! | délassez-vous ! | |||
✔ se délasser is a regular ER reflexive verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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