descourager

Middle French

Etymology

des- +‎ courage +‎ -er.

Verb

descourager

  1. to discourage
  2. (reflexive, se descourager) to becomes discouraged

Conjugation

  • As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of descourager
infinitive simple descourager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple descourageant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle descouragé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present descourage descourages descourage descourageons descouragez descouragent
imperfect descourageois, descourageoys descourageois, descourageoys descourageoit, descourageoyt descouragions, descouragyons descouragiez, descouragyez descourageoient, descourageoyent
past historic descouragea descourageas descouragea descourageasmes descourageastes descouragerent
future descouragerai, descourageray descourageras descouragera descouragerons descouragerez descourageront
conditional descouragerois, descourageroys descouragerois, descourageroys descourageroit, descourageroyt descouragerions, descourageryons descourageriez, descourageryez descourageroient, descourageroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present descourage descourages descourage descourageons descouragez descouragent
imperfect descourageasse descourageasses descourageast descourageassions descourageassiez descourageassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — descourage — descourageons descouragez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

  • English: discourage
  • French: décourager
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