Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Introduction to the verb cingler
The English translation of the French verb cingler is “to lash” or “to whip”. It is pronounced as “sahn-glay” in its infinitive form.
The word cingler comes from the Latin word “cingere” which means “to surround” or “to encircle”. In everyday French, cingler is mostly used in its figurative sense to mean “to criticize” or “to scold severely”. This verb is often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to talk about completed actions that happened before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of cingler used in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- Je cinglai mes enfants pour leur mauvais comportement. (I lashed out at my children for their bad behavior.)
- Les critiques ont cinglé le film pour sa violence gratuite. (The critics lashed out at the movie for its gratuitous violence.)
- Le professeur cingla les élèves qui n’avaient pas fait leurs devoirs. (The teacher scolded severely the students who hadn’t done their homework.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cingler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus cinglé | I had lashed |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus cinglé | You had lashed |
il | il eut | Il eut cinglé | He had lashed |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut cinglé | She had lashed |
on | on eut | On eut cinglé | One had lashed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cinglé | We had lashed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cinglé | You had lashed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cinglé | They had lashed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cinglé | They had lashed |
Other Conjugations for Cingler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cingler
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Cingler – 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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