Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Introduction to the verb excaver
The English translation of the French verb excaver is “to excavate” or “to dig out”. The infinitive form is pronounced as [ɛkskave].
The word excaver is derived from the Latin word “excavare”, meaning “to hollow out” or “to dig out”. It entered the French language in the 16th century.
In everyday French, excaver is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about actions that were completed in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” conjugated in the present tense followed by the past participle “excavé”.
Here are three examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations:
- J’ai excavé le terrain pour construire une piscine. (I excavated the ground to build a pool.)
- Les archéologues ont excavé les ruines d’une ancienne cité romaine. (The archaeologists excavated the ruins of an ancient Roman city.)
- Nous avons déjà excavé cette partie du site l’année dernière. (We already excavated this part of the site last year.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of excaver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai excavé | J’ai excavé un trou. | I excavated a hole. |
tu | as excavé | Tu as excavé le sol. | You excavated the ground. |
il | a excavé | Il a excavé une ruine. | He excavated a ruin. |
elle | a excavé | Elle a excavé une fosse. | She excavated a pit. |
on | a excavé | On a excavé un tunnel. | We excavated a tunnel. |
nous | avons excavé | Nous avons excavé une grotte. | We excavated a cave. |
vous | avez excavé | Vous avez excavé une tranchée. | You excavated a trench. |
ils | ont excavé | Ils ont excavé un puits. | They excavated a well. |
elles | ont excavé | Elles ont excavé une mine. | They excavated a mine. |
Other Conjugations for Excaver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
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Excaver – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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