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/de.tɛs.te/

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Translation

to hate

Word origin

From Latin detestari ('to curse, denounce while calling the gods to witness'), from de- ('away') and testari ('to bear witness'), from testis ('witness').

Origin
Latin
Root
detestari
English cognates
detest, testify, testament

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

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

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jedétestedétestaisdétestaidétesteraidétesterais
tudétestesdétestaisdétestasdétesterasdétesterais
il/elledétestedétestaitdétestadétesteradétesterait
nousdétestonsdétestionsdétestâmesdétesteronsdétesterions
vousdétestezdétestiezdétestâtesdétesterezdétesteriez
ils/ellesdétestentdétestaientdétestèrentdétesterontdétesteraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jedétestedétestasse
tudétestesdétestasses
il/elledétestedétestât
nousdétestionsdétestassions
vousdétestiezdétestassiez
ils/ellesdétestentdétestassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tudéteste
nousdétestons
vousdétestez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
détestant
Past participle
détesté · détestée · détestés · détestées

Examples

.

I hate getting up early in the morning.

' .

She hates being kept waiting.

tous .

We both hate this kind of film.

, .

As a child, I hated green vegetables as much as my brothers did.

cette l' .

They have hated each other since that argument last year.

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This word is part of lesson 10.