Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Introduction to the verb cafarder
The English translation of the French verb cafarder is “to tattle” or “to snitch”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “kah-fahr-deh”.
The term cafarder comes from the noun “cafard”, which means “cockroach” in French. This verb was originally used to refer to the act of catching cockroaches and bringing them to authorities as a way to prove one’s loyalty.
In everyday French, cafarder is often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to indicate an action that was completed before another action in the past. It is often used in storytelling or to refer to past events.
Here are 3 simple examples of cafarder in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’ai cafardé mes camarades de classe à la maîtresse. (I tattled on my classmates to the teacher.)
- Tu as cafardé ton voisin à la police? (Did you snitch on your neighbor to the police?)
- Il a cafardé son collègue à leur patron. (He snitched on his colleague to their boss.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cafarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse cafardé | I had tattled on |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses cafardé | You had tattled on |
il | il eût | Il eût cafardé | He had tattled on |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût cafardé | She had tattled on |
on | on eût | On eût cafardé | One had tattled on |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cafardé | We had tattled on |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cafardé | You had tattled on |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cafardé | They had tattled on |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cafardé | They had tattled on |
Other Conjugations for Cafarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
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Cafarder – 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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