Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Introduction to the verb affourrager
The English translation of the French verb affourrager is “to feed or supply fodder.” It is pronounced “ah-foor-ah-zhay.”
The word affourrager comes from the Old French word “forrage” which means “fodder” or “feed for animals.” It is derived from the Latin word “foris” meaning “outside” or “outdoors.”
In everyday French, the verb affourrager is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense used to describe completed actions that occurred before another past action. It is typically used in written language, such as literature or historical texts.
Here are three examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense with their respective English translations:
- Les paysans affourragèrent les bêtes avant l’arrivée de l’hiver. (The farmers had fed the animals before the arrival of winter.)
- Les éleveurs avaient affourragé les bovins avant le début de la sécheresse. (The breeders had supplied fodder to the cattle before the beginning of the drought.)
- Les fermiers eurent affourragé les chevaux avant la grande bataille. (The farmers had fed the horses before the big battle.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of affourrager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse affourragé | I had foraged |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses affourragé | You had foraged |
il | il eût | Il eût affourragé | He had foraged |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût affourragé | She had foraged |
on | on eût | On eût affourragé | One had foraged |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes affourragé | We had foraged |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes affourragé | You had foraged |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent affourragé | They had foraged |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent affourragé | They had foraged |
Other Conjugations for Affourrager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourrager
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Affourrager – 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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