French reference

déconner

to mess around, to talk nonsense; to act up, malfunction (very informal)

Regular · 19 form tables

Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms. Literary categories and supplied participle agreement forms are labeled separately.

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Indicative

Present

déconner: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I mess around
tu	you mess around
il/elle/on	he/she messes around
nous	we mess around
vous	you (plural/formal) mess around
ils/elles	they mess around

Compound past

déconner: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I messed around; I have messed around
tu	you messed around; you have messed around
il/elle/on	he/she messed around; he/she has messed around
nous	we messed around; we have messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) messed around; you (plural/formal) have messed around
ils/elles	they messed around; they have messed around

Imperfect

déconner: Imperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I used to mess around
tu	you used to mess around
il/elle/on	he/she used to mess around
nous	we used to mess around
vous	you (plural/formal) used to mess around
ils/elles	they used to mess around

Pluperfect

déconner: Pluperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I had messed around
tu	you had messed around
il/elle/on	he/she had messed around
nous	we had messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) had messed around
ils/elles	they had messed around

Future

déconner: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I will mess around
tu	you will mess around
il/elle/on	he/she will mess around
nous	we will mess around
vous	you (plural/formal) will mess around
ils/elles	they will mess around

Future perfect

déconner: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I will have messed around
tu	you will have messed around
il/elle/on	he/she will have messed around
nous	we will have messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) will have messed around
ils/elles	they will have messed around

Near future

déconner: Near future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I am going to mess around
tu	you are going to mess around
il/elle/on	he/she is going to mess around
nous	we are going to mess around
vous	you (plural/formal) are going to mess around
ils/elles	they are going to mess around

Recent past

déconner: Recent past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I have just messed around
tu	you have just messed around
il/elle/on	he/she has just messed around
nous	we have just messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) have just messed around
ils/elles	they have just messed around

Simple past (literary)

déconner: Simple past (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I messed around
tu	you messed around
il/elle/on	he/she messed around
nous	we messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) messed around
ils/elles	they messed around

Past anterior (literary)

déconner: Past anterior (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I had messed around
tu	you had messed around
il/elle/on	he/she had messed around
nous	we had messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) had messed around
ils/elles	they had messed around

Conditional

déconner: Conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I would mess around
tu	you would mess around
il/elle/on	he/she would mess around
nous	we would mess around
vous	you (plural/formal) would mess around
ils/elles	they would mess around

Past conditional

déconner: Past conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I would have messed around
tu	you would have messed around
il/elle/on	he/she would have messed around
nous	we would have messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) would have messed around
ils/elles	they would have messed around

Past conditional, second form (literary)

déconner: Past conditional, second form (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I would have messed around
tu	you would have messed around
il/elle/on	he/she would have messed around
nous	we would have messed around
vous	you (plural/formal) would have messed around
ils/elles	they would have messed around

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

déconner: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I mess around
tu	(that) you mess around
il/elle/on	(that) he/she messes around
nous	(that) we mess around
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) mess around
ils/elles	(that) they mess around

Past subjunctive

déconner: Past subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I have messed around
tu	(that) you have messed around
il/elle/on	(that) he/she has messed around
nous	(that) we have messed around
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) have messed around
ils/elles	(that) they have messed around

Imperfect subjunctive (literary)

déconner: Imperfect subjunctive (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I messed around
tu	(that) you messed around
il/elle/on	(that) he/she messed around
nous	(that) we messed around
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) messed around
ils/elles	(that) they messed around

Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)

déconner: Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I had messed around
tu	(that) you had messed around
il/elle/on	(that) he/she had messed around
nous	(that) we had messed around
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) had messed around
ils/elles	(that) they had messed around

Imperative

déconner: Imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
tu	mess around!
nous	let's mess around!
vous	mess around! (plural/formal)

Past imperative

déconner: Past imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
tu	have messed around by then!
nous	let's have messed around by then!
vous	have messed around by then! (plural/formal)

Additional forms

Gerund
Present participle
Past participle: / / /
Past infinitive
Perfect participle

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