Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Introduction to the verb captiver
The English translation of the French verb captiver is “to captivate.” It is pronounced “kahp-tee-vay.”
The word captiver comes from the Latin word captivare, meaning “to take captive.” It is most often used in everyday French to express the act of captivating or enchanting someone or something. In the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to talk about actions that were completed before another past action, captiver is used to describe an action of captivating that happened in the past before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of captiver in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’ai captivé mon public avec ma performance. (I captivated my audience with my performance.)
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Elle avait captivé son cœur depuis leur première rencontre. (She had captured his heart since their first meeting.)
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Nous avions captivé l’attention de nos professeurs avec notre présentation. (We had captivated our teachers’ attention with our presentation.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of captiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse captivé | I had captivated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses captivé | You had captivated |
il | il eût | Il eût captivé | He had captivated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût captivé | She had captivated |
on | on eût | On eût captivé | One had captivated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes captivé | We had captivated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes captivé | You had captivated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent captivé | They had captivated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent captivé | They had captivated |
Other Conjugations for Captiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
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Captiver – 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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