Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Introduction to the verb adjectiver
The English translation of the French verb adjectiver is “to adjective.” It is pronounced as /adʒɛktiv/ in its infinitive form.
The French verb adjectiver comes from the Latin word “adjectivus,” which means “added to” or “attributed to.” It is primarily used to modify and describe nouns in a sentence, giving them a specific quality or characteristic.
In every day French, adjectiver is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past. This tense is formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the passé simple tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three simple examples of adjectiver in the Passé Antérieur tense, along with their English translations:
- J’ai adjectivé le gâteau que j’ai mangé hier soir. (I adjectived the cake that I ate last night.)
- Tu as adjectivé tes amis avant de les présenter à ta famille. (You adjectived your friends before introducing them to your family.)
- Il a adjectivé sa chemise en soie pour la soirée. (He adjectived his silk shirt for the evening.)
In all of these examples, adjectiver is used to describe or modify a noun (le gâteau, tes amis, sa chemise) in the past, indicating that the action of adjectiving happened before the action of the main verb (manger, présenter, porter).
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of adjectiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus adjectivé | I had adjectived |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus adjectivé | You had adjectived |
il | il eut | Il eut adjectivé | He had adjectived |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut adjectivé | She had adjectived |
on | on eut | On eut adjectivé | One had adjectived |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes adjectivé | We had adjectived |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes adjectivé | You had adjectived |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent adjectivé | They had adjectived |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent adjectivé | They had adjectived |
Other Conjugations for Adjectiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
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Adjectiver – 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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