Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Introduction to the verb alpaguer
The English translation of the French verb alpaguer is “to accost” or “to grab.” The infinitive form, alpaguer, is pronounced as “al-pa-gey.”
The word alpaguer comes from the French word “alpage,” which means pasture or grazing area. It is derived from the Latin word “alpagus,” meaning flock of sheep. In everyday French, alpaguer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a literary tense used to describe an action that occurred before another past action.
Here are three examples of alpaguer in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their respective English translations:
- Les policiers l’avaient alpagué avant qu’il n’ait le temps de s’enfuir. (The police accosted him before he had time to escape.)
- Elle avait alpagué un taxi pour se rendre à l’aéroport. (She grabbed a taxi to go to the airport.)
- Les voleurs avaient alpagué plusieurs personnes dans la rue avant d’être arrêtés par la police. (The thieves had accosted several people on the street before being arrested by the police.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of alpaguer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus alpagué | I had tackled/grabbed |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus alpagué | You had tackled/grabbed |
il | il eut | Il eut alpagué | He had tackled/grabbed |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut alpagué | She had tackled/grabbed |
on | on eut | On eut alpagué | One had tackled/grabbed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes alpagué | We had tackled/grabbed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes alpagué | You had tackled/grabbed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent alpagué | They had tackled/grabbed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent alpagué | They had tackled/grabbed |
Other Conjugations for Alpaguer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb alpaguer
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Alpaguer – 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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