Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Introduction to the verb ajourer
The English translation of the French verb ajourer is “to perforate” or “to punch holes in.” It is pronounced “ah-zhoor-ay.”
Ajouter comes from the old French word “jor,” meaning “hole,” and the prefix “a,” meaning “to.” In everyday French, ajourer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense to indicate a completed action in the past that happened before another past action.
For example:
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J’ai ajouré les feuilles avant de les relier. (I perforated the pages before binding them.)
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Il avait ajouré ses cartes de visite avant de les distribuer. (He had punched holes in his business cards before handing them out.)
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Nous avions ajouré les rideaux avant de les accrocher. (We had punched holes in the curtains before hanging them up.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of ajourer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse adjouré | I had postponed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses adjouré | You had postponed |
il | il eût | Il eût adjouré | He had postponed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût adjouré | She had postponed |
on | on eût | On eût adjouré | One had postponed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes adjouré | We had postponed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes adjouré | You had postponed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent adjouré | They had postponed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent adjouré | They had postponed |
Other Conjugations for Ajourer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ajourer
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Ajourer – 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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