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démolissaisdémolissaisdémolissait

Démolissaisdémolissaisdémolissait is not an established word in French. It is the concatenation of three imperfect indicative forms of the verb démolir, namely démolissais, démolissais, and démolissait. Démolir means to demolish, and its imperfect forms are used to describe ongoing or repeated past actions.

Grammatical background: In the imperfect tense, démolir is conjugated as je démolissais, tu démolissais, il démolissait,

Usage and context: The concatenated form is not standard French and would not appear in formal writing.

Notes: For learners, this string highlights how imperfect endings attach to the stem démol- and how two

nous
démolissions,
vous
démolissiez,
ils
démolissaient.
The
string
in
question
pairs
the
first
two
forms
identically
(démolissais)
and
ends
with
the
third
form
(démolissait)
without
spaces.
As
a
whole,
it
does
not
convey
a
grammatical
sentence
or
a
unified
lexical
meaning;
it
is
a
sequence
of
morphemes
rather
than
a
single
lexeme.
It
may
occur
only
as
a
playful
example
in
linguistic
discussions,
puzzles,
or
creative
writing
to
illustrate
patterns
of
verb
conjugation,
or
as
a
typographic
exercise
emphasizing
morphology
rather
than
syntax.
In
normal
usage,
speakers
would
separate
the
forms
or
choose
a
finite
verb
form
appropriate
to
the
sentence.
identical
forms
can
appear
in
succession,
followed
by
a
different
ending.
See
also
démolir,
French
verb
conjugation,
and
imperfect
tense.