Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Introduction to the verb cailleter
The English translation of the French verb cailleter is “to babble” or “to prattle.” It is pronounced as “kay-yeh-teh.”
The origin of cailleter can be traced back to the Old French word “cailler,” which meant “to curdle.” Over time, the meaning evolved to refer to the sound of birds chirping or babbling, and eventually came to describe aimless or meaningless chatter.
In everyday French, cailleter is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to describe completed actions that occurred before another past action. It is formed by combining the auxiliary verb “avoir” (to have) or “être” (to be) in the passé simple tense with the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three simple examples of cailleter used in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their English translations:
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Ils avaient cailleté toute la soirée avant que je n’arrive. (They had babbled all evening before I arrived.)
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Elle était entrée dans la pièce et avait cailleté quelques mots avant de partir précipitamment. (She had entered the room and babbled a few words before leaving abruptly.)
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Quand le professeur est arrivé, les élèves avaient déjà cailleté pendant une heure. (When the teacher arrived, the students had already been babbling for an hour.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cailleter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse cailleté | I had clucked |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses cailleté | You had clucked |
il | il eût | Il eût cailleté | He had clucked |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût cailleté | She had clucked |
on | on eût | On eût cailleté | One had clucked |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cailleté | We had clucked |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cailleté | You had clucked |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cailleté | They had clucked |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cailleté | They had clucked |
Other Conjugations for Cailleter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
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Cailleter – 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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