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FRENCH VERB

démissionner

to resign

  • #363 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: démissionné
  • Present participle: démissionnant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I resign
  2. tu you resign
  3. il, elle, on he/she resigns
  4. nous we resign
  5. vous you resign
  6. ils, elles they resign

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I resigned
  2. tu you resigned
  3. il, elle, on he/she resigned
  4. nous we resigned
  5. vous you resigned
  6. ils, elles they resigned

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to resign
  2. tu you used to resign
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to resign
  4. nous we used to resign
  5. vous you used to resign
  6. ils, elles they used to resign

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will resign
  2. tu you will resign
  3. il, elle, on he/she will resign
  4. nous we will resign
  5. vous you will resign
  6. ils, elles they will resign

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would resign
  2. tu you would resign
  3. il, elle, on he/she would resign
  4. nous we would resign
  5. vous you would resign
  6. ils, elles they would resign

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I resign
  2. tu (that) you resign
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she resign
  4. nous (that) we resign
  5. vous (that) you resign
  6. ils, elles (that) they resign

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu resign!
  2. nous resign! (let’s)
  3. vous resign! (plural, or formal)

How to use démissionner

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je démissionne, je n'en peux plus de ce boulot.

    I'm quitting, I can't take this job anymore.

  2. Past

    Le directeur a démissionné hier soir, sans explication.

    The manager resigned last night, without explanation.

  3. Imperfect

    Les gens démissionnaient les uns après les autres.

    People were resigning one after another.

  4. Future

    Si rien ne change, je démissionnerai en juin.

    If nothing changes, I'll resign in June.

  5. Conditional

    Tu démissionnerais sans avoir trouvé autre chose ?

    You'd quit without having found something else?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je ne veux pas que tu démissionnes sur un coup de tête.

    I don't want you to quit on a whim.

  7. Imperative

    Ne démissionne pas avant d'avoir signé ailleurs.

    Don't resign before you've signed somewhere else.

Good to know

  • You démissionner "de" a job : il a démissionné de son poste.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.