Daily Verb Lesson: French for calm (oneself)down is se calmer
The French for calm down is the regular ER reflexive verb se calmer.To remember this, imagine the Guru in the French colours has SO calmed down!
se calmer can also mean; to abate, to subside, to die down, to ease, to quieten.
Related words include:
- calmer (v) : to calm, to difuse, to subdue, to tone down; to take the edge off.
- calmant/e (adj) : soothing, sedative (medication), pain-killing, relaxant.
- le calme (nm) : peace, calm, stillness.
- calmement (adv) : calmly, quietly.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine the Guru in the French colours
has SO CALMed down!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent calm down |
calme | calmes | calme | calmons | calmez | calment |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait calmed down |
calmais | calmais | calmait | calmions | calmiez | calmaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple calmed down |
calmai | calmas | calma | calmâmes | calmâtes | calmèrent |
| Future Futur will calm down |
calmerai | calmeras | calmera | calmerons | calmerez | calmeront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would calm down |
calmerais | calmerais | calmerait | calmerions | calmeriez | calmeraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may calm down |
calme | calmes | calme | calmions | calmiez | calment |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have calmed down |
me suis calmé(e) |
t'es calmé(e) |
s'est calmé(e) |
nous sommes calmé(e)s |
vous êtes calmé(e)s |
se sont calmé(e)s |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had calmed down |
m'étais calmé(e) |
t'étais calmé(e) |
s'était calmé(e) |
nous étions calmé(e)s |
vour étiez calmé(e)s |
s'étaient calmé(e)s |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have calmed down |
me serai calmé(e) |
te seras calmé(e) |
se sera calmé(e) |
nous serons calmé(e)s |
vous serez calmé(e)s |
se seront calmé(e)s |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've calmed down |
me serais calmé(e) |
te serais calmé(e) |
se serait calmé(e) |
nous serions calmé(e)s |
vous seriez calmé(e)s | se seraient calmé(e)s |
| Imperative Imperatif calm down! |
calme-toi ! | calmons-nous ! | calmez-vous ! | |||
✔ se calmer is a regular ER reflexive verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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