Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Introduction to the verb cliver
The English translation of the French verb cliver is “to split” or “to cleave.” The infinitive form is pronounced “klee-vay.”
Cliver comes from the Old French word “clivier,” which is derived from the Latin word “clivus” meaning “slope” or “hillside.” In everyday French, cliver is most commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to talk about completed actions in the past.
Examples of cliver in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- J’ai clivé le bois pour faire du bois de chauffage. (I split the wood to make firewood.)
- Elle avait clivé le morceau de bois en deux avec une hache. (She had cleaved the piece of wood in two with an ax.)
- Ils avaient clivé la pierre pour en faire des dalles. (They had split the stone to make slabs.)
English translations:
- I split the wood to make firewood.
- She had cleaved the piece of wood in two with an ax.
- They had split the stone to make slabs.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cliver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | j’eus clivé | I split |
tu | tu eus | tu eus clivé | you split |
il | il eut | il eut clivé | he split |
elle | elle eut | elle eut clivé | she split |
on | on eut | on eut clivé | one split |
nous | nous eûmes | nous eûmes clivé | we split |
vous | vous eûtes | vous eûtes clivé | you split |
ils | ils eurent | ils eurent clivé | they split |
elles | elles eurent | elles eurent clivé | they split |
Other Conjugations for Cliver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cliver
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Cliver – 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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