Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Introduction to the verb casemater
The English translation of the French verb casemater is “to checkmate.” It is pronounced “kaz-muh-tay.”
The word casemater comes from the French word “casemate,” which means a fortified room or bunker. It is most often used in chess to describe the act of trapping an opponent’s king and winning the game.
In everyday French, casemater is often used in the Passé Antérieur tense to describe a past action that occurred before another past action. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the Passé Simple tense, followed by the past participle of casemater.
Examples:
- J’avais casematé le roi de mon adversaire avant qu’il ne puisse se défendre. (I had checkmated my opponent’s king before he could defend himself.)
- Après avoir casematé le roi blanc, la partie était finie. (After checkmating the white king, the game was over.)
- Quand j’ai casematé son roi, il a réalisé qu’il avait perdu la partie. (When I checkmated his king, he realized he had lost the game.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of casemater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus casematé | I had casemated |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus casematé | You had casemated |
il | il eut | Il eut casematé | He had casemated |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut casematé | She had casemated |
on | on eut | On eut casematé | One had casemated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes casematé | We had casemated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes casematé | You had casemated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent casematé | They had casemated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent casematé | They had casemated |
Other Conjugations for Casemater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb casemater
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Casemater – 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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