Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Introduction to the verb bêtifier
The English translation of the French verb bêtifier is “to make silly” or “to act silly”. It is pronounced as “bet-ee-fee-ay”.
Bêtifier is derived from the French adjective “bête” which means “silly” or “stupid”. The suffix “-ifier” is added to the adjective to form a verb, giving it the meaning “to make (something) silly”. It is most often used in everyday French to describe someone or something that is acting foolishly or in a silly manner.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, bêtifier is conjugated as “j’eus bêtifié”, “tu eus bêtifié”, “il/elle eut bêtifié”, “nous eûmes bêtifié”, “vous eûtes bêtifié”, “ils/elles eurent bêtifié”. This tense is used to describe an action that happened in the past before another action in the past.
Examples:
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J’eus bêtifié en voyant cette comédie. (I acted silly when I saw this comedy.)
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Tu eus bêtifié en faisant cette blague. (You made silly jokes when you were doing this.)
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Nous eûmes bêtifié pendant toute la soirée. (We acted silly all evening.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bêtifier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse bêtifié | I had made foolish |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses bêtifié | You had made foolish |
il | il eût | Il eût bêtifié | He had made foolish |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût bêtifié | She had made foolish |
on | on eût | On eût bêtifié | One had made foolish |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bêtifié | We had made foolish |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bêtifié | You had made foolish |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bêtifié | They had made foolish |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bêtifié | They had made foolish |
Other Conjugations for Bêtifier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bêtifier
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Bêtifier – 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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