Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Introduction to the verb clapoter
The English translation of the French verb clapoter is “to lap” or “to splash.” It is pronounced “klah-poh-teh.”
The language origin of clapoter comes from the word “clapotis,” which means “lapping” or “splashing” in French. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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Quand je suis arrivé à la plage, les vagues avaient clapoté sur le rivage toute la journée. (When I arrived at the beach, the waves had been lapping at the shore all day.)
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Après avoir jeté une pierre dans l’eau, j’ai entendu le clapotis de l’eau pendant plusieurs minutes. (After I threw a stone into the water, I heard the splashing of the water for several minutes.)
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Lorsque nous avons passé près de la cascade, nous avons remarqué que l’eau avait clapoté jusqu’à la berge. (When we passed by the waterfall, we noticed that the water had lapped up to the bank.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of clapoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse clapoté | I had splashed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses clapoté | You had splashed |
il | il eût | Il eût clapoté | He had splashed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût clapoté | She had splashed |
on | on eût | On eût clapoté | One had splashed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes clapoté | We had splashed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes clapoté | You had splashed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent clapoté | They had splashed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent clapoté | They had splashed |
Other Conjugations for Clapoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clapoter
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Clapoter – 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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