Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Introduction to the verb chicotter
The English translation of the French verb chicotter is “to whip” or “to lash.” It is pronounced as “shee-kaw-tey” in its infinitive form.
The word chicotter comes from the Old French word chiqueter, which means “to snap” or “to break off.” It is most often used in everyday French as a verb in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
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Nous avions chicotté les chevaux avant de partir. (We had whipped the horses before leaving.)
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Vous aviez chicotté les esclaves pour les punir. (You had lashed the slaves to punish them.)
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Ils avaient chicotté le criminel jusqu’à ce qu’il avoue. (They had whipped the criminal until he confessed.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of chicotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse chicotté | I had pinched |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses chicotté | You had pinched |
il | il eût | Il eût chicotté | He had pinched |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût chicotté | She had pinched |
on | on eût | On eût chicotté | One had pinched |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes chicotté | We had pinched |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes chicotté | You had pinched |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent chicotté | They had pinched |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent chicotté | They had pinched |
Other Conjugations for Chicotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chicotter
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Chicotter – 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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