Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Introduction to the verb attribuer
The English translation of the French verb attribuer is “to attribute” or “to assign.” The infinitive form is pronounced “a-tra-bwey.”
The word attribuer comes from the Latin verb attribuere, meaning “to assign” or “to bestow.”
In everyday French, attribuer is commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used to describe an action that happened before another past action. It is formed with the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the passé simple tense followed by the past participle of the verb.
Here are three simple examples of attribuer in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’eus attribué la réussite de mon projet à mes compétences. (I had attributed the success of my project to my skills.)
- Tu eus attribué cette décision à ta mère. (You had attributed this decision to your mother.)
- Ils eurent attribué la défaite de l’équipe au manque d’entraînement. (They had attributed the team’s defeat to a lack of training.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of attribuer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus attribué | J’eus attribué | I had attributed |
tu | tu eus attribué | Tu eus attribué | You had attributed |
il | il eut attribué | Il eut attribué | He had attributed |
elle | elle eut attribué | Elle eut attribué | She had attributed |
on | on eut attribué | On eut attribué | One had attributed |
nous | nous eûmes attribué | Nous eûmes attribué | We had attributed |
vous | vous eûtes attribué | Vous eûtes attribué | You had attributed |
ils | ils eurent attribué | Ils eurent attribué | They had attributed |
elles | elles eurent attribué | Elles eurent attribué | They had attributed |
Other Conjugations for Attribuer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attribuer
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Attribuer – 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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