Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Introduction to the verb chantourner
The English translation of the French verb chantourner is “to shape or carve.” It is pronounced “shahn-too-rneh.”
Chantourner comes from the Old French word “chantournier,” which comes from the Latin word “canturnare” meaning “to turn in a circle.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past.
Examples:
- J’ai chantourné le bois avant de le peindre. (I had shaped the wood before painting it.)
- Tu as chantourné une belle sculpture en pierre. (You had carved a beautiful stone sculpture.)
- Il a chantourné une pièce de bois pour en faire un jouet pour son fils. (He had carved a piece of wood to make a toy for his son.)
In these sentences, the action of shaping or carving (chantourner) was completed before another action in the past (painting, carving a sculpture, making a toy).
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of chantourner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus chantourné | I had carved |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus chantourné | You had carved |
il | il eut | Il eut chantourné | He had carved |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut chantourné | She had carved |
on | on eut | On eut chantourné | One had carved |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes chantourné | We had carved |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes chantourné | You had carved |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent chantourné | They had carved |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent chantourné | They had carved |
Other Conjugations for Chantourner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chantourner
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Chantourner – 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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