Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Introduction to the verb affourager
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The English translation of the French verb affourager is “to feed”. The infinitive form is pronounced “ah-foo-rah-zhay”.
The word affourager comes from the Old French word “fourage”, meaning “fodder”. It is most often used in every day French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense used to describe completed actions that occurred before another past action.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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Nous eûmes affouragé les animaux avant de partir en voyage. (We had fed the animals before leaving on our trip.)
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Vous aviez affouragé les enfants avant de les coucher. (You had fed the children before putting them to bed.)
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Ils eurent affouragé les travailleurs avant d’attaquer la journée de travail. (They had fed the workers before starting the work day.)
In all of these examples, the affouragé action (feeding) had been completed before another past action (leaving on a trip, putting children to bed, starting work).
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of affourager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus affouragé | I had fed or nourished |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus affouragé | You had fed or nourished |
il | il eut | Il eut affouragé | He had fed or nourished |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut affouragé | She had fed or nourished |
on | on eut | On eut affouragé | One had fed or nourished |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes affouragé | We had fed or nourished |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes affouragé | You had fed or nourished |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent affouragé | They had fed or nourished |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent affouragé | They had fed or nourished |
Other Conjugations for Affourager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourager
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Affourager – 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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