Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Introduction to the verb caqueter
The English translation of the French verb caqueter is “to cackle”. It is pronounced as “kah-ket-ay”.
The word caqueter comes from the Old French word “caquet”, which means “clatter” or “chatter”. It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to talk about an action that occurred and was completed before another action in the past.
Here are three examples of caqueter in the Passé Antérieur tense, along with their English translations:
- Elle caqueta joyeusement lorsque j’ai annoncé la bonne nouvelle. (She cackled happily when I announced the good news.)
- Les poules avaient beaucoup caqueté avant que le renard ne les attaque. (The hens had cackled a lot before the fox attacked them.)
- Quand la vieille dame est arrivée, les enfants avaient déjà caqueté pendant des heures. (When the old lady arrived, the children had already cackled for hours.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of caqueter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse caqueté | I had clucked |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses caqueté | You had clucked |
il | il eût | Il eût caqueté | He had clucked |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût caqueté | She had clucked |
on | on eût | On eût caqueté | One had clucked |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes caqueté | We had clucked |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes caqueté | You had clucked |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent caqueté | They had clucked |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent caqueté | They had clucked |
Other Conjugations for Caqueter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
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Caqueter – 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)
Summary
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