Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Introduction to the verb défragmenter
The English translation of the French verb défragmenter is “to defragment.” It is pronounced as “day-frag-men-tay.”
Défragmenter comes from the French word “fragment,” meaning “fragment” or “piece,” and the prefix “dé-” which indicates a reversal or undoing. Therefore, défragmenter literally means “to undo fragments.”
In everyday French, défragmenter is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the passé simple tense, followed by the past participle of the verb.
Here are three simple examples of défragmenter in the Passé Antérieur tense with their respective English translations:
- J’eus défragmenté mon ordinateur avant qu’il ne plante. (I had defragmented my computer before it crashed.)
- Tu eus défragmenté ton disque dur avant de le remplacer. (You had defragmented your hard drive before replacing it.)
- Elle eut défragmenté son disque dur avant de le donner à son frère. (She had defragmented her hard drive before giving it to her brother.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of défragmenter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse défragmenté | I had defragmented |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses défragmenté | You had defragmented |
il | il eût | Il eût défragmenté | He had defragmented |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût défragmenté | She had defragmented |
on | on eût | On eût défragmenté | One had defragmented |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes défragmenté | We had defragmented |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes défragmenté | You had defragmented |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent défragmenté | They had defragmented |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent défragmenté | They had defragmented |
Other Conjugations for Défragmenter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb défragmenter
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Défragmenter – About the French Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense
Formation of the Passé Antérieur
Common Usage Patterns
Literature
Historical Texts
Formal Writing
Interactions with Other Tenses
Passé Composé (Present Perfect)
Imparfait (Imperfect)
Futur Antérieur (Future Perfect)
Summary
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