Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Introduction to the verb bretailler
The English translation of the French verb bretailler is “to haggle” or “to bicker”. It is pronounced “breh-tay-yeh”.
Bretailler comes from the Old French term “bretel” meaning “strap” or “latch”. It evolved to mean “to wrangle” or “to argue over small things” in modern French.
In everyday French, bretailler is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past.
Here are three examples of how bretailler is used in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their English translations:
- Nous avons bretaillé pendant des heures avant de trouver un accord.
(We had haggled for hours before reaching an agreement.)
- Tu as bretaillé avec le vendeur pour obtenir un meilleur prix.
(You had haggled with the seller to get a better price.)
- Ils ont bretaillé tout l’après-midi sans parvenir à une entente.
(They had bickered all afternoon without reaching an agreement.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of bretailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse bretaille | I had bickered |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses bretaille | You had bickered |
il | il eût | Il eût bretaille | He had bickered |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût bretaille | She had bickered |
on | on eût | On eût bretaille | One had bickered |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes bretaille | We had bickered |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes bretaille | You had bickered |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent bretaille | They had bickered |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent bretaille | They had bickered |
Other Conjugations for Bretailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bretailler
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Bretailler – 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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