Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Introduction to the verb chuter
The English translation of the French verb chuter is “to fall/to drop”. The infinitive form is pronounced “shoo-tay”.
The word chuter comes from the Latin word “cadere”, meaning “to fall”. It entered the French language in the 14th century and has been used in everyday French since then. In the Passé Antérieur tense, chuter is used to express a completed action in the past that happened before another past action.
Examples:
1) Elle chuta avant que je n’arrivasse. (She fell before I arrived.)
2) Les feuilles chutèrent dès que le vent souffla. (The leaves dropped as soon as the wind blew.)
3) Ils chutèrent de fatigue après une longue journée de travail. (They dropped from exhaustion after a long day of work.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of chuter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse chuté | I had fallen |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses chuté | You had fallen |
il | il eût | Il eût chuté | He had fallen |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût chuté | She had fallen |
on | on eût | On eût chuté | One had fallen |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes chuté | We had fallen |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes chuté | You had fallen |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent chuté | They had fallen |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent chuté | They had fallen |
Other Conjugations for Chuter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuter
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Chuter – 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)
Summary
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