Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Introduction to the verb bêcheveter
The English translation of the French verb bêcheveter is “to dig up” or “to turn over with a spade”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “beh-sheh-vuh-teh”.
The word bêcheveter comes from the French word bêche, meaning “spade”, and the verb vêter, meaning “to dig”. It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Quand j’eus bêcheveté le jardin, j’ai planté les légumes. (After I had dug up the garden, I planted the vegetables.)
- Il eut bêcheveté la terre avant que la pluie ne commence à tomber. (He had turned over the soil before the rain began to fall.)
- Nous eûmes bêcheveté toute la journée, mais le jardin était enfin prêt pour les semis. (We had been digging all day, but the garden was finally ready for planting.)
English translations:
- When I had dug up the garden, I planted the vegetables.
- He had turned over the soil before the rain began to fall.
- We had been digging all day, but the garden was finally ready for planting.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bêcheveter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse bêcheveté | I had mended |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses bêcheveté | You had mended |
il | il eût | Il eût bêcheveté | He had mended |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût bêcheveté | She had mended |
on | on eût | On eût bêcheveté | One had mended |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bêcheveté | We had mended |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bêcheveté | You had mended |
ils | ils eurent | ils eurent bêcheveté | They had mended |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bêcheveté | They had mended |
Other Conjugations for Bêcheveter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêcheveter
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Bêcheveter – 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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