Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Introduction to the verb billancher
The English translation of the French verb billancher is “to balance”. It is pronounced as “bee-lawn-shay” in its infinitive form.
The word “billancher” has its origins in the Old French word “balanchier”, which comes from the Latin word “bilancia” meaning “scale” or “balance”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a literary past tense used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Three examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
- J’ai billanché sur une corde tendue avant de sauter sur le mur. (I balanced on a tightrope before jumping on the wall.)
- Elle avait billanché sur une jambe pour éviter de tomber. (She had balanced on one leg to avoid falling.)
- Nous avons billanché les dépenses du mois dernier avant de faire notre bilan financier. (We balanced last month’s expenses before making our financial statement.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of billancher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus billanché | I had billanched |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus billanché | You had billanched |
il | il eut | Il eut billanché | He had billanched |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut billanché | She had billanched |
on | on eut | On eut billanché | One had billanched |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes billanché | We had billanched |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes billanché | You had billanched |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent billanché | They had billanched |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent billanché | They had billanched |
Other Conjugations for Billancher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
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Billancher – 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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