Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Introduction to the verb cailler
The English translation of the French verb cailler is “to curdle.” It is pronounced as “kay-yay” in its infinitive form.
The word cailler comes from the Latin word “coagulare,” meaning to curdle or coagulate. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to describe completed actions in the past that happened before another past action.
Example 1: J’ai goûté le lait et il a caillé immédiatement. (I tasted the milk and it curdled immediately.)
Example 2: Ils ont ajouté du citron pour que la crème caillât plus vite. (They added lemon so that the cream would curdle faster.)
Example 3: Quand j’ai vu que la sauce avait caillé, j’ai dû la jeter. (When I saw that the sauce had curdled, I had to throw it away.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse caillé | I had curdled |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses caillé | You had curdled |
il | il eût | Il eût caillé | He had curdled |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût caillé | She had curdled |
on | on eût | On eût caillé | One had curdled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes caillé | We had curdled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes caillé | You had curdled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent caillé | They had curdled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent caillé | They had curdled |
Other Conjugations for Cailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailler
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Cailler – 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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