Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Introduction to the verb bonimenter
The English translation of the French verb bonimenter is “to embellish” or “to exaggerate.” The infinitive form of bonimenter is pronounced as “boh-knee-mon-teh.”
The word bonimenter is of Latin origin, derived from the word “bonum,” meaning good, and “mentiri,” meaning to lie. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to describe an action that took place before another action in the past.
Examples of bonimenter in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’ai bonimenté devant mes parents pour leur faire croire que j’avais de bonnes notes. (I embellished in front of my parents to make them believe I had good grades.)
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Tu as bonimenté sur tes compétences pour décrocher ce poste. (You exaggerated your skills to get this job.)
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Il a bonimenté sur son âge pour séduire la jeune fille. (He lied about his age to seduce the girl.)
English translations:
- I embellished, I had embellished
- You exaggerated, you had exaggerated
- He lied, he had lied
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bonimenter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse bonimenté | J’eusse bonimenté | I had flattered |
tu | tu eusses bonimenté | Tu eusses bonimenté | You had flattered |
il | il eût bonimenté | Il eût bonimenté | He had flattered |
elle | elle eût bonimenté | Elle eût bonimenté | She had flattered |
on | on eût bonimenté | On eût bonimenté | One had flattered |
nous | nous eûmes bonimenté | Nous eûmes bonimenté | We had flattered |
vous | vous eûtes bonimenté | Vous eûtes bonimenté | You had flattered |
ils | ils eurent bonimenté | Ils eurent bonimenté | They had flattered |
elles | elles eurent bonimenté | Elles eurent bonimenté | They had flattered |
Other Conjugations for Bonimenter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bonimenter
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Bonimenter – 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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