Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Introduction to the verb chuinter
The English translation of the French verb chuinter is “to hiss.” It is pronounced as “shuintay.”
Chuinter comes from the Old French word chuintier, which means “to hiss or whistle.” It is most commonly used in everyday French to describe the sound of a hissing or whistling noise, typically made by animals or objects.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, chuinter is used to talk about an action that happened and was completed in the past, before another past action. Here are three examples of its usage in this tense:
- Le serpent avait chuinté avant de s’enfuir. (The snake had hissed before fleeing.)
- Les pneus avaient chuinté sur le sol mouillé. (The tires had hissed on the wet ground.)
- Le chat avait chuinté en voyant le chien. (The cat had hissed upon seeing the dog.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of chuinter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus chuinté | J’eus chuinté | I had whistled |
tu | tu eus chuinté | Tu eus chuinté | You had whistled |
il | il eut chuinché | Il eut chuinché | He had whistled |
elle | elle eut chuinché | Elle eut chuinché | She had whistled |
on | on eut chuinché | On eut chuinché | One had whistled |
nous | nous eûmes chuinché | Nous eûmes chuinché | We had whistled |
vous | vous eûtes chuinché | Vous eûtes chuinché | You had whistled |
ils | ils eurent chuinché | Ils eurent chuinché | They had whistled |
elles | elles eurent chuinché | Elles eurent chuinché | They had whistled |
Other Conjugations for Chuinter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
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Chuinter – 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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