Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Introduction to the verb cligner
The English translation of the French verb cligner is “to blink” or “to wink”. The infinitive form is pronounced “klee-nyeh”.
The word cligner comes from the Latin word “clinare” meaning “to bend, incline” and was later adopted into Old French as “cligner” meaning “to close one’s eyes”. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of quickly closing and opening one eye, either as a reflex or to communicate a message.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, cligner is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past. Here are three simple examples of how it can be used in this tense, with their English translations:
- Quand je l’ai vu, il avait déjà cligné de l’oeil. (When I saw him, he had already winked.)
- Elle avait cligné des yeux avant de se rendormir. (She had blinked before falling back asleep.)
- J’avais cligné des yeux plusieurs fois avant de réaliser ce qu’il se passait. (I had blinked several times before realizing what was happening.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cligner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse cligné | I had blinked |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses cligné | You had blinked |
il | il eût | Il eût cligné | He had blinked |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût cligné | She had blinked |
on | on eût | On eût cligné | One had blinked |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cligné | We had blinked |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cligné | You had blinked |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cligné | They had blinked |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cligné | They had blinked |
Other Conjugations for Cligner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
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Cligner – 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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