Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Introduction to the verb carmer
The English translation of the French verb carmer is “to charm” or “to enchant”. It is pronounced “kar-may” in its infinitive form.
The word carmer comes from the Old French word “charmer”, which means “to use magic or spells”. It is most often used in modern everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past perfect tense, to indicate an action that occurred before another past action.
Example 1: J’ai carmé la foule avant que le spectacle ne commence. (I had charmed the crowd before the show started.)
Example 2: Tu avais carmé tout le monde avec ta chanson avant que je ne commence à chanter. (You had charmed everyone with your song before I started singing.)
Example 3: Il avait carmé sa famille pour qu’ils lui donnent de l’argent avant qu’il ne parte en voyage. (He had charmed his family into giving him money before he left on a trip.)
In these examples, the verb carmer is used to indicate that an action of charming or enchanting had already taken place before another action in the past.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of carmer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse calmé | I had calmed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses calmé | You had calmed |
il | il eût | Il eût calmé | He had calmed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût calmé | She had calmed |
on | on eût | On eût calmé | One had calmed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes calmé | We had calmed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes calmé | You had calmed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent calmé | They had calmed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent calmé | They had calmed |
Other Conjugations for Carmer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carmer
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Carmer – 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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