Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Introduction to the verb déboiser
The English translation of the French verb déboiser is “to deforest.” It is pronounced as “day-bwah-zay” in its infinitive form.
The verb déboiser comes from the Old French word “desboiser,” which is derived from the Latin word “desboscare,” meaning “to clear a forest.” It is typically used in its reflexive form “se déboiser,” which means “to clear oneself from a forest.” In everyday French, it is commonly used to refer to the act of cutting down trees and clearing land.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, déboiser is conjugated as follows:
- je me déboisai
- tu te déboisas
- il/elle se déboisa
- nous nous déboisâmes
- vous vous déboisâtes
- ils/elles se déboisèrent
Here are three simple examples of déboiser in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their English translations:
- Les bûcherons se déboisèrent rapidement la forêt. (The lumberjacks quickly deforested the forest.)
- Nous nous déboisâmes une petite parcelle de terrain pour y construire notre maison. (We cleared a small plot of land to build our house on it.)
- Les habitants se déboisèrent une voie à travers la forêt pour faciliter l’accès au village. (The inhabitants cleared a path through the forest to make the village more accessible.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déboiser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse déboisé | I had deforested |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses déboisé | You had deforested |
il | il eût | Il eût déboisé | He had deforested |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût déboisé | She had deforested |
on | on eût | On eût déboisé | One had deforested |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes déboisé | We had deforested |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes déboisé | You had deforested |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent déboisé | They had deforested |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent déboisé | They had deforested |
Other Conjugations for Déboiser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
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Déboiser – 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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