Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Introduction to the verb cambuter
The English translation of the French verb cambuter is “to mess around with”. It is pronounced as “kam-byuh-ter” in its infinitive form.
Cambuter comes from the combination of two words: “cam” which means “camera” and “buter” which means “to bump into”. It originated in French slang and is mostly used in informal contexts.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, cambuter is used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Imparfait tense, followed by the past participle of cambuter.
- J’avais cambuté avant que mes parents ne rentrent à la maison. (I had messed around before my parents came back home.)
- Elle était partie cambuter avec ses amis avant de se rendre au travail. (She had gone to mess around with her friends before going to work.)
- Nous avions cambuté toute la nuit et nous étions épuisés le lendemain. (We had messed around all night and we were exhausted the next day.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cambuter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse cambuté | I had sold |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses cambuté | You had sold |
il | il eût | Il eût cambuté | He had sold |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût cambuté | She had sold |
on | on eût | On eût cambuté | One had sold |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cambuté | We had sold |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cambuté | You had sold |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cambuté | They had sold |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cambuté | They had sold |
Other Conjugations for Cambuter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
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Cambuter – 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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