French Verb lower: baisser
(also to reduce, bring down ...)

            The French verb for lower is the regular ER verb baisser. It also means to bring down, and to reduce - (réduire). It is very similar to the verb abaisser: (see more below the baisser verb table).

To remember this imagine you lower a BASS guitar.

Related words/phrases are:
  • abaisser: to lower, to reduce (e.g. a price), to lower the level of something. This is conjugated with exactly the same endings.
  • se baisser: to bend oneself down, to dip oneself down, to duck. When used with an object this would mean that it is lowering itself.
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french-verb-to-lower-is-baisser

to lower, reduce, fall: baisser
Imagine you lower a BASS guitar!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE baisser
Simple Tenses baisser
TENSE
je/j’
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present
Présent
lower, reduce		 baisse baisses baisse baissons baissez baissent
Past Imperfect
Imparfait
lowered		 baissais baissais baissait baissions baissiez baissaient
Simple Past
Passé Simple
lowered		 baissai baissas baissa baissâmes baissâtes baissèrent
Future
Futur
will lower, reduce		 baisserai baisseras baissera baisserons baisserez baisseront
Conditional
Conditionnel
would lower, reduce		 baisserais baisserais baisserait baisserions baisseriez baisseraient
Subjunctive
Subjonctif
may lower, reduce		 baisse baisses baisse baissions baissiez baissent
Compound Tenses baisser
Present Perfect
Passé Composé
have lowered		 ai baissé as baissé a baissé avons baissé avez baissé ont baissé
Past Perfect
Plus-que-Parfait
had lowered		 avais baissé avais baissé avait baissé avions baissé aviez baissé avaient baissé
Future Perfect
Futur Antérieur
will have lowered		 aurai baissé auras baissé aura baissé aurons baissé aurez baissé auront baissé
Conditional Perfect
Conditionnel Passé
would have lowered		 aurais baissé aurais baissé aurait baissé aurions baissé auriez baissé auraient baissé
Imperative
Imperatif
lower! reduce!		 baisse baissons baissez

  MORE on the FRENCH VERBS  
baisser et abaisser

The two words on baisser et abaisser are very similar in use. The difference between the two is subtle, and you will be completely UNDERSTOOD if you use the two interchangeably.

However abaisser would (generally) suggest something more 'long lasting'.

Les magasins ont abaissé les prix de cette marque.
The stores have dropped the price of that brand. (It is unlikely that they will rise).
Les magasins ont baissé les prix de cette marque.
The stores have dropped the price of that brand. (It suggests that it could be a short term thing, that they will rise again later).
  • baisser le drapeau: lower the flag;
  • baisser le volume: lower the volume;
  • baisser les prix: drop prices;
  • baisser le taux de chômage: lower the unemployment rate;
  • baisser le taux de croissance: lower the growth rate;
  • baisser le niveau de productivité: lower the level of productivity;
  • baisser la garde: drop one's guard;
  • faire baisser: to cause to lower something;
  • faire baisser les yeux: to stare;
  • baisser les yeux: to lower one's eyes;
  • baisser la tête: lower one's head; to duck the head; to hang one's head e.g. in shame, in sorrow;
  • baisser les bras: to drop one's arms; which colloquially means to cave in, to yield, to give up;
  • s'abaisser: to demean oneself.
  • s'abaisser: to lower oneself - for example to lower oneself slowly into the bathtub, or into a swimming pool. To carefully lower yourself into a manhole for example.

  HOW TO CONQUER FRENCH VERB CONJUGATION   


  • The French verb for lower, baisser is another regular ER verb conjugated using the same pattern of endings as 5,000+ other regular ER verbs.
  • Learn to conjugate baisser and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL regular ER verbs, these being the most common French verbs.
  • Do a series of ER verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the French Verbs List.
  • Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
  • Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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