Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Introduction to the verb bistourner
The English translation of bistourner is “to go back” or “to turn back”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “bee-stoo-rnay”.
The word bistourner comes from the French verb tourner, which means “to turn”. The prefix bi- means “twice” or “back”, so bistourner literally means “to turn back”. It is a regular -er verb and is conjugated in the same way as other verbs ending in -er.
In everyday French, bistourner is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used for events that occurred before another event in the past. It is formed with the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the Imparfait tense and the past participle of bistourner.
Here are three simple examples of bistourner in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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Jeus bistourné vers la ville après avoir vu le coucher du soleil. (I turned back towards the city after watching the sunset.)
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Nous fûmes bistournés par une mauvaise direction à plusieurs reprises. (We were led back by a wrong direction several times.)
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Vous eûtes bistourné vos idées après avoir réfléchi pendant des heures. (You changed your mind after thinking for hours.)
English translations:
- I turned back towards the city after watching the sunset.
- We were led back by a wrong direction several times.
- You changed your mind after thinking for hours.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bistourner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse bistourné | I had cut and turned |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses bistourné | You had cut and turned |
il | il eût | Il eût bistourné | He had cut and turned |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût bistourné | She had cut and turned |
on | on eût | On eût bistourné | One had cut and turned |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bistourné | We had cut and turned |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bistourné | You had cut and turned |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bistourné | They had cut and turned |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bistourné | They had cut and turned |
Other Conjugations for Bistourner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bistourner
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Bistourner – 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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