Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Introduction to the verb démurer
The English translation of the French verb démurer is “to remove from a wall” or “to demolish a wall”. It is pronounced as “day-mu-ray”.
Démurer comes from the Old French word “desmurer”, which means “to remove from a wall”. It is derived from the Latin word “demurare” which means “to delay or linger”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense of the Passé Composé and is used to describe an action that happened before another past action.
Examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
- J’eus démuré le mur avant de peindre la pièce. (I had removed the wall before painting the room.)
- Tu eus démuré la vieille maison pour la rénover. (You had demolished the old house to renovate it.)
- Il eut démuré la partie endommagée de la clôture. (He had removed the damaged part of the fence.)
English translations:
- I had removed the wall before painting the room.
- You had demolished the old house to renovate it.
- He had removed the damaged part of the fence.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of démurer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse démuré | I had stayed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses démuré | You had stayed |
il | il eût | Il eût démuré | He had stayed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût démuré | She had stayed |
on | on eût | On eût démuré | One had stayed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes démuré | We had stayed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes démuré | You had stayed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent démuré | They had stayed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent démuré | They had stayed |
Other Conjugations for Démurer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démurer
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Démurer – 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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