Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Introduction to the verb délurer
The English translation of the French verb délurer is “to smarten up” or “to spruce up.” It is pronounced “day-loo-ray.”
The word délurer comes from the verb lurer, which means “to lure” or “to attract.” The prefix dé- gives the verb a reflexive meaning, so délurer can be interpreted as “to make oneself attractive” or “to make oneself smarter.”
In everyday French, délurer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which expresses 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 and the past participle of délurer, déluré.
Here are three simple examples of délurer in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’eus déluré mes cheveux avant de sortir. (I had smartened up my hair before going out.)
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Tu eus déluré ta tenue pour le dîner. (You had spruced up your outfit for dinner.)
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Elle eut déluré son discours avant la réunion. (She had polished up her speech before the meeting.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of délurer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse déluré | I had slicked up |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses déluré | You had slicked up |
il | il eût | Il eût déluré | He had slicked up |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût déluré | She had slicked up |
on | on eût | On eût déluré | One had slicked up |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes déluré | We had slicked up |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes déluré | You had slicked up |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent déluré | They had slicked up |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent déluré | They had slicked up |
Other Conjugations for Délurer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délurer
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Délurer – 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)
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