Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Introduction to the verb abreuver
The English translation of the French verb abreuver is “to water” or “to quench.” It is pronounced as “ah-bruh-vay.”
The word abreuver comes from the Old French word “abrever” which means “to water” or “to make someone drink.” It is a combination of the prefix “a-” which indicates a movement towards, and the word “breve” meaning “short” or “small,” implying the act of giving a small amount of liquid to someone or something to drink.
In everyday French conversation, abreuver is often used in its infinitive form or in the present tense to mean “to water” or “to quench.” However, in the Passé Antérieur tense, it is used to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb avoir in the Passé Simple tense (e.g. j’eus, tu eus, il eut…) and adding the past participle of abreuver, which is “abreuvé.”
Here are three examples of abreuver in the Passé Antérieur tense with their respective English translations:
- Nous eûmes abreuvé les fleurs avant qu’il ne pleuve. (We had watered the flowers before it rained.)
- Vous eûtes abreuvé votre soif avec de l’eau fraîche. (You quenched your thirst with cold water.)
- Les animaux sauvages eurent abreuvé leur soif au bord de la rivière. (The wild animals had quenched their thirst at the river bank.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of abreuver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse abreuvé | I had watered |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses abreuvé | You had watered |
il | il eût | Il eût abreuvé | He had watered |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût abreuvé | She had watered |
on | on eût | On eût abreuvé | One had watered |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes abreuvé | We had watered |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes abreuvé | You had watered |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent abreuvé | They had watered |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent abreuvé | They had watered |
Other Conjugations for Abreuver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb abreuver
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Abreuver – 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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