Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Introduction to the verb court-circuiter
The English translation of the French verb court-circuiter is “to short-circuit.” It is pronounced as “koor-seer-kwee-tay” in its infinitive form.
The language origin of court-circuiter is a combination of the words “court” which means “short” and “circuiter” which means “to pass through a circuit.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense that is used to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.
Examples:
- J’ai court-circuité le circuit électrique avant que l’orage n’arrive. (I short-circuited the electric circuit before the storm arrived.)
- Elle eut court-circuité le système de sécurité avant que les cambrioleurs n’entrent. (She had short-circuited the security system before the burglars entered.)
- Nous avions court-circuité le système de refroidissement avant que le moteur ne surchauffe. (We had short-circuited the cooling system before the engine overheated.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of court-circuiter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse court-circuité | I had short-circuited |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses court-circuité | You had short-circuited |
il | il eût | Il eût court-circuité | He had short-circuited |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût court-circuité | She had short-circuited |
on | on eût | On eût court-circuité | One had short-circuited |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes court-circuité | We had short-circuited |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes court-circuité | You had short-circuited |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent court-circuité | They had short-circuited |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent court-circuité | They had short-circuited |
Other Conjugations for Court-Circuiter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
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Court-Circuiter – 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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