Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Introduction to the verb dérider
The English translation of the French verb dérider is “to make someone smile/laugh” or “to relax/unwind”. The infinitive form is pronounced as day-ree-day.
The word dérider is derived from the combination of the prefix “dé-” (indicating a reversal or undoing) and the verb “rider” (meaning “to wrinkle” or “to crease”). In everyday French, dérider is often used figuratively to describe the action of making someone smile or laugh, or to describe the process of relaxing or unwinding.
Examples:
- Il a réussi à me dérider avec sa blague. (He managed to make me smile/laugh with his joke.)
- Après une longue journée de travail, rien de mieux qu’un bon film pour se dérider. (After a long day at work, nothing beats a good movie to relax/unwind.)
- Ma grand-mère a toujours une histoire amusante pour dérider l’atmosphère. (My grandmother always has a funny story to lighten up the mood.)
Note: The translations provided are not word-for-word, but rather capture the intended meaning of the examples.
Dérider – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of dérider
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | déride | Je déride facilement mes amis. | I easily cheer up my friends. |
tu | dérides | Tu dérides souvent les gens. | You often cheer people up. |
il | déride | Il déride sa famille avec des blagues. | He cheers up his family with jokes. |
elle | déride | Elle déride tout le monde avec son sourire. | She cheers everyone up with her smile. |
on | déride | On déride l’ambiance avec de la musique. | We cheer up the atmosphere with music. |
nous | déridons | Nous déridons nos collègues avec nos histoires drôles. | We cheer up our colleagues with our funny stories. |
vous | déridez | Vous déridez les invités avec votre bonne humeur. | You cheer up the guests with your good mood. |
ils | dérident | Ils dérident les enfants avec des jeux. | They cheer up the children with games. |
elles | dérident | Elles dérident les passants avec leurs plaisanteries. | They cheer up the passersby with their jokes. |
Other Conjugations for Dérider.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dérider (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérider
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