demander
See also: démander
English
Alternative forms
- demaunder (obsolete)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
demander (plural demanders)
- One who demands.
Derived terms
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demandāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.mɑ̃.de/
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Verb
demander
- (transitive) to ask [with à ‘someone’]
- demander autour de soi ― to ask around
- J'ai demandé à la lune et le soleil ne le sait pas.
- I asked the moon and the sun doesn't know.
- (J'ai demandé à la lune by Indochine)
- (transitive) to request
- (reflexive) to wonder
- Elle s'est demandé ce qu'elle devait faire.
- She wondered what she had to do.
Conjugation
Conjugation of demander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | demander | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | demandant /də.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | demandé /də.mɑ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | demande /də.mɑ̃d/ |
demandes /də.mɑ̃d/ |
demande /də.mɑ̃d/ |
demandons /də.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
demandez /də.mɑ̃.de/ |
demandent /də.mɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | demandais /də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
demandais /də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
demandait /də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
demandions /də.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
demandiez /də.mɑ̃.dje/ |
demandaient /də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | demandai /də.mɑ̃.de/ |
demandas /də.mɑ̃.da/ |
demanda /də.mɑ̃.da/ |
demandâmes /də.mɑ̃.dam/ |
demandâtes /də.mɑ̃.dat/ |
demandèrent /də.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | demanderai /də.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
demanderas /də.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
demandera /də.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
demanderons /də.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
demanderez /də.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
demanderont /də.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | demanderais /də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
demanderais /də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
demanderait /də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
demanderions /də.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
demanderiez /də.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/ |
demanderaient /də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | demande /də.mɑ̃d/ |
demandes /də.mɑ̃d/ |
demande /də.mɑ̃d/ |
demandions /də.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
demandiez /də.mɑ̃.dje/ |
demandent /də.mɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | demandasse /də.mɑ̃.das/ |
demandasses /də.mɑ̃.das/ |
demandât /də.mɑ̃.da/ |
demandassions /də.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
demandassiez /də.mɑ̃.da.sje/ |
demandassent /də.mɑ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | demande /də.mɑ̃d/ |
— | demandons /də.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
demandez /də.mɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se demander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se demander | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se demandant /sə də.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | demandé /də.mɑ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me demande /mə də.mɑ̃d/ |
te demandes /tə də.mɑ̃d/ |
se demande /sə də.mɑ̃d/ |
nous demandons /nu də.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
vous demandez /vu də.mɑ̃.de/ |
se demandent /sə də.mɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | me demandais /mə də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
te demandais /tə də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
se demandait /sə də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
nous demandions /nu də.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
vous demandiez /vu də.mɑ̃.dje/ |
se demandaient /sə də.mɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me demandai /mə də.mɑ̃.de/ |
te demandas /tə də.mɑ̃.da/ |
se demanda /sə də.mɑ̃.da/ |
nous demandâmes /nu də.mɑ̃.dam/ |
vous demandâtes /vu də.mɑ̃.dat/ |
se demandèrent /sə də.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | me demanderai /mə də.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
te demanderas /tə də.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
se demandera /sə də.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
nous demanderons /nu də.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous demanderez /vu də.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
se demanderont /sə də.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me demanderais /mə də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
te demanderais /tə də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
se demanderait /sə də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
nous demanderions /nu də.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous demanderiez /vu də.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/ |
se demanderaient /sə də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me demande /mə də.mɑ̃d/ |
te demandes /tə də.mɑ̃d/ |
se demande /sə də.mɑ̃d/ |
nous demandions /nu də.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
vous demandiez /vu də.mɑ̃.dje/ |
se demandent /sə də.mɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | me demandasse /mə də.mɑ̃.das/ |
te demandasses /tə də.mɑ̃.das/ |
se demandât /sə də.mɑ̃.da/ |
nous demandassions /nu də.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
vous demandassiez /vu də.mɑ̃.da.sje/ |
se demandassent /sə də.mɑ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | demande-toi /də.mɑ̃d.twa/ |
— | demandons-nous /də.mɑ̃.dɔ̃.nu/ |
demandez-vous /də.mɑ̃.de.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “demander”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
dēmander
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēmandō
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French demander.
Verb
demander
- to ask
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of demander
| infinitive | simple | demander | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | demandant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | demandé | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | demande | demandes | demande | demandons | demandez | demandent |
| imperfect | demandois, demandoys | demandois, demandoys | demandoit, demandoyt | demandions, demandyons | demandiez, demandyez | demandoient, demandoyent | |
| past historic | demanda | demandas | demanda | demandasmes | demandastes | demanderent | |
| future | demanderai, demanderay | demanderas | demandera | demanderons | demanderez | demanderont | |
| conditional | demanderois, demanderoys | demanderois, demanderoys | demanderoit, demanderoyt | demanderions, demanderyons | demanderiez, demanderyez | demanderoient, demanderoyent | |
| (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 | demande | demandes | demande | demandons | demandez | demandent |
| imperfect | demandasse | demandasses | demandast | demandassions | demandassiez | demandassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | demande | — | demandons | demandez | — | |
| 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
- French: demander
Old French
Etymology
Verb
demander
- to ask
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of demander (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | demander | avoir demandé | |||||
| gerund | en demandant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | demandant | ||||||
| past participle | demandé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | demant | demandes | demande | demandons | demandez | demandent |
| imperfect | demandoie, demandeie, demandoe, demandeve | demandoies, demandeies, demandoes, demandeves | demandoit, demandeit, demandot, demandeve | demandiiens, demandiens | demandiiez, demandiez | demandoient, demandeient, demandoent, demandevent | |
| preterite | demandai | demandas | demanda | demandames | demandastes | demanderent | |
| future | demanderai | demanderas | demandera | demanderons | demanderoiz, demandereiz, demanderez | demanderont | |
| conditional | demanderoie, demandereie | demanderoies, demandereies | demanderoit, demandereit | demanderiiens, demanderiens | demanderiiez, demanderiez | demanderoient, demandereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | demant | demanz | demant | demandons | demandez | demandent |
| imperfect | demandasse | demandasses | demandast | demandissons, demandissiens | demandissoiz, demandissez, demandissiez | demandassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | demande | — | demandons | demandez | — | ||