Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Introduction to the verb dépontiller
The English translation of the French verb dépontiller is “to remove the undercoat.” It is pronounced as “day-pohn-tee-yay.”
The language origin of dépontiller comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” meaning “undo” and the word “pontille,” which comes from the word “pont” meaning “bridge.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used for completed actions that happened before another past action.
Example 1: J’ai dépontillé mon manteau avant de le ranger dans le placard. (I removed the undercoat before putting it in the closet.)
Example 2: Tu as dépontillé les fils électriques avant de les remplacer? (Did you remove the undercoat from the electrical wires before replacing them?)
Example 3: Il a dépontillé la pièce de bois pour enlever les clous. (He removed the undercoat from the piece of wood to take out the nails.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dépontiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dépontillé | I had unfastened |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dépontillé | You had unfastened |
il | il eût | Il eût dépontillé | He had unfastened |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dépontillé | She had unfastened |
on | on eût | On eût dépontillé | One had unfastened |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dépontillé | We had unfastened |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dépontillé | You had unfastened |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dépontillé | They had unfastened |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dépontillé | They had unfastened |
Other Conjugations for Dépontiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépontiller
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Dépontiller – 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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