Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Introduction to the verb cintrer
The English translation of the French verb cintrer is “to bend” or “to curve.” It is pronounced as “son-treh.”
Cintrer comes from the French word “cintre,” meaning “bow” or “arch.” It is a regular -er verb and is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of bending or curving an object or material.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, cintrer is used to talk about a specific action that happened before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” in the passé simple tense followed by the past participle of cintrer, which is “cintré.”
Example 1: J’ai cintré la tige de métal avant de la souder.
Translation: I bent the metal rod before welding it.
Example 2: Tu as cintré le tissu pour le rendre plus élégant.
Translation: You curved the fabric to make it more elegant.
Example 3: Il a cintré le bois pour en faire un arc.
Translation: He bent the wood to make it into a bow.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cintrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse cintré | I had bent |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses cintré | You had bent |
il | il eût | Il eût cintré | He had bent |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût cintré | She had bent |
on | on eût | On eût cintré | One had bent |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cintré | We had bent |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cintré | You had bent |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cintré | They had bent |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cintré | They had bent |
Other Conjugations for Cintrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cintrer
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Cintrer – 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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