Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Introduction to the verb béquer
The English translation of the French verb béquer is “to peck” or “to pick at.” The infinitive form is pronounced “bay-kay.”
The language origin of béquer can be traced back to the Latin word “baculus,” meaning “stick” or “staff.” In French, it evolved to “bequer,” meaning “to peck at or pick with a beak,” and eventually became the modern verb béquer.
In everyday French, béquer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to express an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the past tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Three simple examples of béquer in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
- Les oiseaux eurent béqué les graines sur le sol. (The birds had pecked at the seeds on the ground.)
- Nous fûmes béqués par les moustiques toute la nuit. (We had been picked at by mosquitoes all night.)
- Les poules eurent béqué toutes les vers de terre dans le jardin. (The hens had pecked at all the earthworms in the garden.)
English translations:
- The birds had pecked at the seeds on the ground.
- We had been picked at by mosquitoes all night.
- The hens had pecked at all the earthworms in the garden.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of béquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse béqué | I had pecked |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses béqué | You had pecked |
il | il eût | Il eût béqué | He had pecked |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût béqué | She had pecked |
on | on eût | On eût béqué | One had pecked |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes béqué | We had pecked |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes béqué | You had pecked |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent béqué | They had pecked |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent béqué | They had pecked |
Other Conjugations for Béquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb béquer
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Béquer – 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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