Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Introduction to the verb confesser
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The English translation for the French verb confesser is “to confess.” It is pronounced as “kohn-feh-seh.”
The word confesser comes from the Old French word “confesser” which means “to acknowledge, to confess.” The verb is derived from the Latin word “confiteri” meaning “to acknowledge, to confess.”
In everyday French, confesser is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a literary tense used to express actions that were completed before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the Imparfait tense, followed by the past participle of the verb.
Here are 3 examples of confesser in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- Il eut tout avoué avant que la police n’arrive. (He had confessed everything before the police arrived.)
- Elle fut surprise qu’il eût avoué son crime à la première occasion. (She was surprised that he had confessed his crime at the first opportunity.)
- Nous eûmes enfin avoué nos sentiments l’un pour l’autre. (We had finally confessed our feelings for each other.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of confesser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse confessé | I had confessed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses confessé | You had confessed |
il | il eût | Il eût confessé | He had confessed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût confessé | She had confessed |
on | on eût | On eût confessé | One had confessed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes confessé | We had confessed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes confessé | You had confessed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent confessé | They had confessed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent confessé | They had confessed |
Other Conjugations for Confesser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb confesser
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Confesser – 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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