Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Introduction to the verb ajointer
The English translation of ajointer is “to join” or “to add”. It is pronounced “ah-zhwan-tay”.
Ajointer comes from the Old French word “ajoindre”, which ultimately derives from the Latin word “adiungere”, meaning “to add” or “to join together”. In everyday French, ajointer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense, to refer to an action that occurred before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of ajointer used in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’ajointai les pièces du puzzle avant que tu n’arrives. (I joined the puzzle pieces before you arrived.)
- Tu ajointas les deux parties du dossier avant de le soumettre au patron. (You added the two parts of the file before submitting it to the boss.)
- Il ajointa sa signature à la fin du contrat. (He added his signature at the end of the contract.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of ajointer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse adjointé | I had joined |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses adjointé | You had joined |
il | il eût | Il eût adjointé | He had joined |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût adjointé | She had joined |
on | on eût | On eût adjointé | One had joined |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes adjointé | We had joined |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes adjointé | You had joined |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent adjointé | They had joined |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent adjointé | They had joined |
Other Conjugations for Ajointer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajointer
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Ajointer – 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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