Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Introduction to the verb bourdonner
The English translation of the French verb bourdonner is “to buzz” or “to hum.” It is pronounced as “boor-doh-nay.”
The origin of the word bourdonner can be traced back to the Latin word “bombus” meaning “buzzing sound.” In everyday French, it is commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to talk about completed actions that happened before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of using bourdonner in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’avais bourdonné toute la journée avant de réaliser que j’avais oublié de prendre mes clés. (I had been buzzing all day before realizing that I had forgotten to take my keys.)
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Les abeilles avaient bourdonné toute la nuit avant que nous puissions récolter le miel. (The bees had been buzzing all night before we could harvest the honey.)
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Tu avais bourdonné si fort que j’ai dû mettre des boules Quies pour dormir. (You had been buzzing so loudly that I had to use earplugs to sleep.)
English translations:
- I had been buzzing all day before realizing that I had forgotten to take my keys.
- The bees had been buzzing all night before we could harvest the honey.
- You had been buzzing so loudly that I had to use earplugs to sleep.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bourdonner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse bourdonné | I had buzzed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses bourdonné | You had buzzed |
il | il eût | Il eût bourdonné | He had buzzed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût bourdonné | She had buzzed |
on | on eût | On eût bourdonné | One had buzzed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bourdonné | We had buzzed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bourdonné | You had buzzed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bourdonné | They had buzzed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bourdonné | They had buzzed |
Other Conjugations for Bourdonner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bourdonner
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Bourdonner – 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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