The French for draw is the verb dessiner

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French for draw is the regular ER verb dessiner, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb dessiner - French for draw

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of dessiner, which is French for draw.

• I draw.
• you drew.
• he will draw.
• we would draw.
• they may draw.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for dessiner, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE dessiner
Simple Tenses dessiner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent draw	dessine	dessines	dessine	dessinons	dessinez	dessinent
Past Imperfect Imparfait drew	dessinais	dessinais	dessinait	dessinions	dessiniez	dessinaient
Simple Past Passé Simple drew	dessinai	dessinas	dessina	dessinâmes	dessinâtes	dessinèrent
Future Futur will draw	dessinerai	dessineras	dessinera	dessinerons	dessinerez	dessineront
Conditional Conditionnel would draw	dessinerais	dessinerais	dessinerait	dessinerions	dessineriez	dessineraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may draw	dessine	dessines	dessine	dessinions	dessiniez	dessinent
Compound Tenses dessiner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have drew	ai dessiné	as dessiné	a dessiné	avons dessiné	avez dessiné	ont dessiné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had drew	avais dessiné	avais dessiné	avait dessiné	avions dessiné	aviez dessiné	avaient dessiné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai dessiné	auras dessiné	aura dessiné	aurons dessiné	aurez dessiné	auront dessiné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have drew	aurais dessiné	aurais dessiné	aurait dessiné	aurions dessiné	auriez dessiné	auraient dessiné
Imperative Imperatif draw!		dessine		dessinons	dessinez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of dessiner the French for draw
présent de l’indicatif

je dessine
- I draw
tu dessines
- you draw - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on dessine
- he, she, it, one draws
nous dessinons
- we draw
vous dessinez
- you draw (formal or plural)
ils, elles dessinent
- they draw

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
imparfait de l’indicatif

je dessinais
- I drew
- I was drawing
tu dessinais
- you drew- (familiar or informal)
- you were drawing
il, elle, on dessinait
- he, she, it, one drew
- he, she, it, one was drawing
nous dessinions
- we drew
- we were drawing
vous dessiniez
- you drew- (formal or plural)
- you were drawing
ils, elles dessinaient
- they drew
- they were drawing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
passé simple

je dessinai
- I drew
tu dessinas
- you drew- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on dessina
- he, she, it, one drew
nous dessinâmes
- we drew
vous dessinâtes
- you drew- (formal or plural)
ils, elles dessinèrent
they drew
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
futur

je dessinerai
- I will draw
tu dessineras
- you will draw (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on dessinera
- he, she, it, one will draw
nous dessinerons
- we will draw
vous dessinerez
- you will draw (formal or plural)
ils, elles dessineront
- they will draw

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Conditional Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
conditionnel

je dessinerais
- I would draw
tu dessinerais
- you would draw (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on dessinerait
- he, she, it, one would draw
nous dessinerions
- we would draw
vous dessineriez
- you would draw (formal or plural)
ils, elles dessineraient
- they would draw

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
présent de subjonctif

que je dessine
- that I may draw
que tu dessines
- that you may draw(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on dessine
- that he, she, it, one may draw
que nous dessinions
- that we may draw
que vous dessiniez
- that you may draw(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles dessinent
- that they may draw

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb dessiner - the verb ‘to draw’ in French

Past Participle of dessiner is:
dessiné -drew.

The various tenses of the French verb - to have - avoirecause the past participle is used with , to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have drew
• you had drew
• he will have drew
• we would have drew

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of dessiner - French for draw
passé composé

Here’s the French for draw conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai dessiné
- I have drew or I did draw or
- I drew
tu as dessiné
- you have drew or you did draw - (familiar or informal) or
- you drew
il, elle, on a dessiné
- he, she, it, one has draw or did draw
- he, she, it drew
nous avons dessiné
- we have drew or we did draw
- we drew
vous avez dessiné
- you have drew or you did draw (formal or plural) or
- or we drew
ils, elles ont dessiné
- they have drew or they did draw
- they drew

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of dessiner - draw in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -draw conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais dessiné
- I had drew
tu avais dessiné
- you had drew- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait dessiné
- he, she, it, one had drew
nous avions dessiné
- we had drew
vous aviez dessiné
- you had drew (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient dessiné
- they had drew

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
futur antérieur

j’aurai dessiné
- I will have
tu auras dessiné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura dessiné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons dessiné
- we will have
vous aurez dessiné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront dessiné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
conditionnel passé

j’aurais dessiné
- I would have drew
tu aurais dessiné
- you would have drew- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait dessiné
- he, she, it, one would have drew
nous aurions dessiné
- we would have drew
vous auriez dessiné
- you would have drew- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient dessiné
- they would have drew

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Imperative Tense conjugations of dessiner, the French for draw
impératif

dessine
- draw!
dessinons
- let’s draw!
dessinez
- draw!

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Present Participle of dessiner

dessinant - drawing

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