The French for ask is the verb demander

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French for ask is the regular ER verb demander, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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So, if you want to know how to say ask in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb demander - French for ask

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of demander, which is French for ask.

• I ask.
• you asked.
• he will ask.
• we would ask.
• they may ask.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for demander, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE demander
Simple Tenses demander
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent ask	demande	demandes	demande	demandons	demandez	demandent
Past Imperfect Imparfait asked	demandais	demandais	demandait	demandions	demandiez	demandaient
Simple Past Passé Simple asked	demandai	demandas	demanda	demandâmes	demandâtes	demandèrent
Future Futur will ask	demanderai	demanderas	demandera	demanderons	demanderez	demanderont
Conditional Conditionnel would ask	demanderais	demanderais	demanderait	demanderions	demanderiez	demanderaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may ask	demande	demandes	demande	demandions	demandiez	demandent
Compound Tenses demander
Present Perfect Passé Composé have asked	ai demandé	as demandé	a demandé	avons demandé	avez demandé	ont demandé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had asked	avais demandé	avais demandé	avait demandé	avions demandé	aviez demandé	avaient demandé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai demandé	auras demandé	aura demandé	aurons demandé	aurez demandé	auront demandé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have asked	aurais demandé	aurais demandé	aurait demandé	aurions demandé	auriez demandé	auraient demandé
Imperative Imperatif ask!		demande		demandons	demandez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of demander the French for ask
présent de l’indicatif

je demande
- I ask
tu demandes
- you ask - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on demande
- he, she, it, one asks
nous demandons
- we ask
vous demandez
- you ask (formal or plural)
ils, elles demandent
- they ask

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
imparfait de l’indicatif

je demandais
- I asked
- I was asking
tu demandais
- you asked- (familiar or informal)
- you were asking
il, elle, on demandait
- he, she, it, one asked
- he, she, it, one was asking
nous demandions
- we asked
- we were asking
vous demandiez
- you asked- (formal or plural)
- you were asking
ils, elles demandaient
- they asked
- they were asking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
passé simple

je demandai
- I asked
tu demandas
- you asked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on demanda
- he, she, it, one asked
nous demandâmes
- we asked
vous demandâtes
- you asked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles demandèrent
they asked
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
futur

je demanderai
- I will ask
tu demanderas
- you will ask (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on demandera
- he, she, it, one will ask
nous demanderons
- we will ask
vous demanderez
- you will ask (formal or plural)
ils, elles demanderont
- they will ask

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Conditional Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
conditionnel

je demanderais
- I would ask
tu demanderais
- you would ask (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on demanderait
- he, she, it, one would ask
nous demanderions
- we would ask
vous demanderiez
- you would ask (formal or plural)
ils, elles demanderaient
- they would ask

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
présent de subjonctif

que je demande
- that I may ask
que tu demandes
- that you may ask(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on demande
- that he, she, it, one may ask
que nous demandions
- that we may ask
que vous demandiez
- that you may ask(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles demandent
- that they may ask

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb demander - the verb ‘to ask’ in French

Past Participle of demander is:
demandé -asked.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

• I have asked
• you had asked
• he will have asked
• we would have asked

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of demander - French for ask
passé composé

Here’s the French for ask conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai demandé
- I have asked or I did ask or
- I asked
tu as demandé
- you have asked or you did ask - (familiar or informal) or
- you asked
il, elle, on a demandé
- he, she, it, one has ask or did ask
- he, she, it asked
nous avons demandé
- we have asked or we did ask
- we asked
vous avez demandé
- you have asked or you did ask (formal or plural) or
- or we asked
ils, elles ont demandé
- they have asked or they did ask
- they asked

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of demander - ask in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -ask conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais demandé
- I had asked
tu avais demandé
- you had asked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait demandé
- he, she, it, one had asked
nous avions demandé
- we had asked
vous aviez demandé
- you had asked (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient demandé
- they had asked

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
futur antérieur

j’aurai demandé
- I will have
tu auras demandé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura demandé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons demandé
- we will have
vous aurez demandé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront demandé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
conditionnel passé

j’aurais demandé
- I would have asked
tu aurais demandé
- you would have asked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait demandé
- he, she, it, one would have asked
nous aurions demandé
- we would have asked
vous auriez demandé
- you would have asked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient demandé
- they would have asked

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Imperative Tense conjugations of demander, the French for ask
impératif

demande
- ask!
demandons
- let’s ask!
demandez
- ask!

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Present Participle of demander

demandant - asking

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