L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Introduction to the verb excaver
The English translation of the French verb excaver is “to excavate”. It is pronounced as “eks-ka-vehr” in its infinitive form.
The word excaver comes from the Latin word “ex cavare” meaning “to dig out”. In everyday French, this verb is most often used in the L’infinitif Présent tense to express the action of digging or digging out something.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Je dois excaver le sol pour planter des fleurs. (I have to excavate the ground to plant flowers.)
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Les archéologues ont excavé un ancien site romain. (The archaeologists excavated an ancient Roman site.)
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Nous allons excaver les ruines de la maison abandonnée. (We are going to excavate the ruins of the abandoned house.)
In each of these examples, the verb excaver is used in its infinitive form to indicate the action of digging.
Table of the L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of excaver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | excave | Je excave la terre. | I excavate the earth. |
tu | excaves | Tu excaves le sol. | You excavate the ground. |
il | excave | Il excave un trou. | He excavates a hole. |
elle | excave | Elle excave une fosse. | She excavates a pit. |
on | excave | On excave des ruines. | We excavate ruins. |
nous | excavons | Nous excavons un puits. | We excavate a well. |
vous | excavez | Vous excavez une grotte. | You excavate a cave. |
ils | excavent | Ils excavent un chantier. | They excavate a construction site. |
elles | excavent | Elles excavent un tunnel. | They excavate a tunnel. |
Other Conjugations for Excaver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb excaver (this article)
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Excaver – About the French L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense
Forming the Infinitive Present
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
As a Verb’s Dictionary Form
After Modal Verbs
As an Imperative
In Infinitive Clauses
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Passé Composé
Imperfect Tense
Subjunctive and Conditional Moods
Summary
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