Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Introduction to the verb bouturer
The English translation of the French verb bouturer is “to propagate” or “to take cuttings.” The infinitive form, bouturer, is pronounced as “boo-too-ray.”
The word bouturer comes from the noun bouture, meaning “a cutting,” and ultimately from the Latin word “buttis,” meaning “stump” or “end.” In everyday French, bouturer is commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to express a completed action in the past that happened before another action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of how bouturer is used in the Passé Antérieur tense in everyday French, with their English translations:
- J’ai bouturé une rose hier soir. (I propagated a rose last night.)
- Il avait bouturé des plantes avant de semer les graines. (He had taken cuttings before sowing the seeds.)
- Elle eut bouturé les boutures avant qu’elles ne meurent. (She had propagated the cuttings before they died.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bouturer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse bouturé | I had propagated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses bouturé | You had propagated |
il | il eût | Il eût bouturé | He had propagated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût bouturé | She had propagated |
on | on eût | On eût bouturé | One had propagated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bouturé | We had propagated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bouturé | You had propagated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bouturé | They had propagated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bouturé | They had propagated |
Other Conjugations for Bouturer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouturer
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Bouturer – 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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