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How do you say "to get off" in French?
descendre
In French, "to get off" is descendre.
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Pronunciation
deh-SOM-druh. The 'd' and final 'e' are silent; stress the middle syllable.
Grammar notes
A regular ER verb. Descendre also means to go down or come down. Forms: je descends, tu descends, il/elle descend, nous descendons, vous descendez, ils/elles descendent.
Example sentence
Je descends du bus.
I am getting off the bus.
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How to remember descendre
Sounds like 'descend' in English - it shares the meaning. Think of climbing down or descending from something.
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Questions about descendre
How do you say "to get off" in French?
In French, "to get off" is descendre. It is a noun.
How is descendre written in French?
descendre is written using the standard French script.
How is descendre used in a sentence?
Use descendre as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Je descends du bus. (I am getting off the bus.).
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