Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Introduction to the verb arrérager
The English translation of the French verb arrérager is “to fall behind” or “to be in arrears.” The infinitive form is pronounced “ah-reh-rah-zhay.”
The term arrérager comes from the Old French word “arerage,” meaning “arrear” or “amount due.” It is derived from the Latin word “arre-ratio,” meaning “a reckoning” or “an account.”
In everyday French, arrérager is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense to talk about an action that occurred before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the past tense, followed by the past participle of arrérager.
Here are three simple examples of arrérager in the Passé Antérieur tense with their respective English translations:
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J’avais arréréagé mes paiements avant de recevoir mon salaire.
(I had fallen behind on my payments before receiving my salary.) -
Tu avais arréréagé ta lecture avant que je ne te rejoigne.
(You had fallen behind on your reading before I joined you.) -
Elle était arrérager dans ses devoirs lorsque je suis arrivé.
(She had fallen behind on her homework when I arrived.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of arrérager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse arréragé | I had arrearaged |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses arréragé | You had arrearaged |
il | il eût | Il eût arréragé | He had arrearaged |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût arréragé | She had arrearaged |
on | on eût | On eût arréragé | One had arrearaged |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes arréragé | We had arrearaged |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes arréragé | You had arrearaged |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent arréragé | They had arrearaged |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent arréragé | They had arrearaged |
Other Conjugations for Arrérager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb arrérager
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Arrérager – 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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