Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Introduction to the verb batailler
The English translation of the French verb batailler is “to battle” or “to fight.” It is pronounced as “bah-tay-ee-yay.”
Batailler originates from the Old French word “bataillier,” meaning “to fight, to wage war.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense used to describe events that happened before another past event. It is equivalent to the English past perfect tense.
Here are three simple examples of batailler used in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’eus bataillé toute la journée avant de finalement gagner la guerre. (I had battled all day before finally winning the war.)
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Tu eus bataillé pendant des heures avant de réussir à résoudre ce problème difficile. (You had fought for hours before managing to solve this difficult problem.)
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Ils eurent bataillé contre l’envahisseur avant de finalement obtenir leur indépendance. (They had fought against the invader before finally obtaining their independence.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of batailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus bataillé | I had battled |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus bataillé | You had battled |
il | il eut | Il eut bataillé | He had battled |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut bataillé | She had battled |
on | on eut | On eut bataillé | One had battled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bataillé | We had battled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bataillé | You had battled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bataillé | They had battled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bataillé | They had battled |
Other Conjugations for Batailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb batailler
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Batailler – 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)
Summary
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