Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Introduction to the verb cancaner
The English translation of the French verb cancaner is “to cackle” or “to gossip.” It is pronounced as “kahn-kah-neh” in its infinitive form.
The language origin of cancaner can be traced back to the word “cancan” which means “gossip” in French. The suffix “-er” is added to create the verb form.
In everyday French, cancaner in the Passé Antérieur tense is used to talk about past actions that were completed before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Passé Simple tense followed by the past participle of cancaner.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, along with their English translations:
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Elle avait cancané avant que je lui dise la vérité. (She had gossiped before I told her the truth.)
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Il était arrivé à temps pour entendre ses collègues cancaner sur lui. (He had arrived on time to hear his colleagues gossiping about him.)
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Nous étions partis quand les voisins ont commencé à cancaner sur notre nouvelle voiture. (We had left when the neighbors started gossiping about our new car.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cancaner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse pu | J’eusse pu cancaner | I had been able to cancan |
tu | tu eusses pu | Tu eusses pu cancaner | You had been able to cancan |
il | il eût pu | Il eût pu cancaner | He had been able to cancan |
elle | elle eût pu | Elle eût pu cancaner | She had been able to cancan |
on | on eût pu | On eût pu cancaner | One had been able to cancan |
nous | nous eûmes pu | Nous eûmes pu cancaner | We had been able to cancan |
vous | vous eûtes pu | Vous eûtes pu cancaner | You had been able to cancan |
ils | ils eurent pu | Ils eurent pu cancaner | They had been able to cancan |
elles | elles eurent pu | Elles eurent pu cancaner | They had been able to cancan |
Other Conjugations for Cancaner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
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Cancaner – 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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