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/de.si.de/

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Translation

to decide

Word origin

From Latin decidere ('to cut off, decide, determine'), from de- ('off') and caedere ('to cut').

Origin
Latin
Root
decidere
English cognates
decide, decision, concise

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jedecidedecidaisdecidaidecideraideciderais
tudecidesdecidaisdecidasdeciderasdeciderais
il/elledecidedecidaitdecidadecideradeciderait
nousdecidonsdecidionsdecidâmesdecideronsdeciderions
vousdecidezdecidiezdecidâtesdeciderezdecideriez
ils/ellesdecidentdecidaientdecidèrentdeciderontdecideraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jedecidedecidasse
tudecidesdecidasses
il/elledecidedecidât
nousdecidionsdecidassions
vousdecidiezdecidassiez
ils/ellesdecidentdecidassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tudecide
nousdecidons
vousdecidez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
decidant
Past participle
decidé · decidée · decidés · decidées

Examples

' .

I cannot decide what to do this evening.

.

She decided to go and live in Paris.

.

You have to decide before the end of the week.

.

We decided together to sell the house.

aux .

He always decides everything without asking the others.

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