Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Introduction to the verb déflorer
The English translation of the French verb déflorer is “to deflower” or “to take someone’s virginity.” It is pronounced as “day-flor-ay.”
Déflorer comes from the Latin word “deflorare,” which means “to pluck the flower.” In everyday French, it is mostly used in the past tense, Passé Composé (Present Perfect), to describe an action that happened in the past and has been completed.
Here are three examples of using déflorer in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations:
- Il a défloré sa petite amie l’été dernier. (He deflowered his girlfriend last summer.)
- Elle a été déflorée à l’âge de 16 ans. (She was deflowered at the age of 16.)
- Les jeunes filles doivent être déflorées avant leur mariage, selon la tradition. (Young girls must be deflowered before their marriage, according to tradition.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of déflorer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai défloré | J’ai défloré une rose. | I deflowered a rose. |
tu | as défloré | Tu as défloré le secret. | You deflowered the secret. |
il | a défloré | Il a défloré la jeune fille. | He deflowered the girl. |
elle | a défloré | Elle a défloré le jardin. | She deflowered the garden. |
on | a défloré | On a défloré la forêt. | We deflowered the forest. |
nous | avons défloré | Nous avons défloré le champ. | We deflowered the field. |
vous | avez défloré | Vous avez défloré le livre. | You deflowered the book. |
ils | ont défloré | Ils ont défloré la tradition. | They deflowered the tradition. |
elles | ont défloré | Elles ont défloré l’idée. | They deflowered the idea. |
Other Conjugations for Déflorer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déflorer
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Déflorer – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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