Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Introduction to the verb affleurer
The English translation of “affleurer” is “to emerge/close to the surface” or “to be flush/level with”. The infinitive form is pronounced as ahf-loo-ray.
The language origin of “affleurer” comes from the French word “fleurer” which means “to flower/bloom”. The prefix “a-” adds the meaning of “at/to” and the verb “fleurir” means “to flourish”. “Affleurer” is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past anterior tense, used to describe an action that occurred before another past action.
Three simple examples of “affleurer” in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations are:
1) Il avait affleuré à la surface avant de plonger à nouveau. (He had emerged to the surface before diving back down.)
2) Les montagnes avaient affleuré au loin avant que le soleil ne se couche. (The mountains had appeared in the distance before the sun set.)
3) J’avais affleuré la question avant que tu ne me poses la même. (I had touched on the question before you asked me the same one.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of affleurer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus affleuré | J’eus affleuré la surface. | I had surfaced. |
tu | tu eus affleuré | Tu eus affleuré la surface. | You had surfaced. |
il | il eut affleuré | Il eut affleuré la surface. | He had surfaced. |
elle | elle eut affleuré | Elle eut affleuré la surface. | She had surfaced. |
on | on eut affleuré | On eut affleuré la surface. | One had surfaced. |
nous | nous eûmes affleuré | Nous eûmes affleuré la surface. | We had surfaced. |
vous | vous eûtes affleuré | Vous eûtes affleuré la surface. | You had surfaced. |
ils | ils eurent affleuré | Ils eurent affleuré la surface. | They had surfaced. |
elles | elles eurent affleuré | Elles eurent affleuré la surface. | They had surfaced. |
Other Conjugations for Affleurer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affleurer
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Affleurer – 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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