Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Introduction to the verb métastaser
The English translation of the French verb métastaser is “to metastasize”. It is pronounced “may-tah-sta-zay”.
The word métastaser has its roots in the Greek word “metastasis”, meaning “change, transition”. In French, it is most often used in a medical context, referring to the process of cancer cells spreading to other parts of the body.
In everyday French, métastaser is often used in the Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action.
3 examples of métastaser in the Plus-que-parfait tense and their English translations are:
- Les cellules cancéreuses s’étaient métastasées dans tout son corps. (The cancer cells had metastasized throughout his body.)
- Nous avions appris que la maladie s’était métastasée dans son foie. (We had learned that the disease had metastasized to his liver.)
- Elle avait déjà subi une opération pour enlever une grosse tumeur avant que le cancer ne se métastase. (She had already undergone surgery to remove a large tumor before the cancer metastasized.)
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of métastaser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais métastasé | J’avais métastasé dans le foie. | I had metastasized in the liver. |
tu | tu avais métastasé | Tu avais métastasé dans le cerveau. | You had metastasized in the brain. |
il | il avait métastasé | Il avait métastasé dans les poumons. | He had metastasized in the lungs. |
elle | elle avait métastasé | Elle avait métastasé dans les os. | She had metastasized in the bones. |
on | on avait métastasé | On avait métastasé dans le pancréas. | One had metastasized in the pancreas. |
nous | nous avions métastasé | Nous avions métastasé dans le sang. | We had metastasized in the blood. |
vous | vous aviez métastasé | Vous aviez métastasé dans l’estomac. | You had metastasized in the stomach. |
ils | ils avaient métastasé | Ils avaient métastasé dans le foie. | They had metastasized in the liver. |
elles | elles avaient métastasé | Elles avaient métastasé dans les os. | They had metastasized in the bones. |
Other Conjugations for Métastaser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb métastaser
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Métastaser – About the French Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense
Tense Formation
Common everyday usage patterns
Sequencing of past events
Background information
Hypothetical or reported speech
Interactions with other tenses
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