Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Introduction to the verb bouger
The English translation of the French verb bouger is “to move.” It is pronounced “boo-zhay.”
The origin of the word bouger can be traced back to the Latin word “bullire,” which means “to boil.” In Old French, it evolved to “boulger” meaning “to stir, to shake, to move.” In modern French, it took on the meaning of “to move physically.”
In everyday French, bouger is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the compound past tense in French. It is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.
Three simple examples of bouger in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations are:
- Nous avions bougé avant qu’il ne soit arrivé. (We had moved before he arrived.)
- Tu avais bougé lorsque le téléphone a sonné. (You had moved when the phone rang.)
- Ils avaient bougé avant que la pluie ne commence. (They had moved before the rain started.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bouger
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus bougé | I had moved |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus bougé | You had moved |
il | il eut | Il eut bougé | He had moved |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut bougé | She had moved |
on | on eut | On eut bougé | One had moved |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bougé | We had moved |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bougé | You had moved |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bougé | They had moved |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bougé | They had moved |
Other Conjugations for Bouger.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouger
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Bouger – 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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