Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Introduction to the verb décliner
The English translation of the French verb décliner is “to decline” or “to refuse”. It is pronounced as “day-klee-nay”.
The word décliner comes from the Latin word “declinare” which means “to bend away” or “to turn aside”. In everyday French, décliner is most often used in the Passé Composé tense to talk about actions that have been completed in the past.
Here are three examples of décliner being used in the Passé Composé tense, with their respective English translations:
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J’ai décliné son invitation à dîner hier soir. (I declined his invitation to dinner last night.)
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Elle a décliné l’offre d’emploi car elle avait déjà trouvé un travail. (She refused the job offer because she had already found a job.)
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Nous avons décliné l’invitation pour le week-end car nous avions d’autres plans. (We declined the invitation for the weekend because we had other plans.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of décliner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai décliné | J’ai décliné l’invitation. | I declined the invitation. |
tu | as décliné | Tu as décliné l’offre. | You declined the offer. |
il | a décliné | Il a décliné la proposition. | He declined the proposal. |
elle | a décliné | Elle a décliné la responsabilité. | She declined the responsibility. |
on | a décliné | On a décliné l’invitation. | We declined the invitation. |
nous | avons décliné | Nous avons décliné l’offre d’emploi. | We declined the job offer. |
vous | avez décliné | Vous avez décliné l’invitation. | You declined the invitation. |
ils | ont décliné | Ils ont décliné la demande. | They declined the request. |
elles | ont décliné | Elles ont décliné l’offre de partenariat. | They declined the partnership offer. |
Other Conjugations for Décliner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décliner
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Décliner – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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