Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Introduction to the verb composter
The English translation of the French verb composter is “to compost.” It is pronounced as “kom-pos-teh” in the infinitive form.
The language origin of composter can be traced back to the Latin word “compositum,” meaning “to put together.” In everyday French, it is most often used as a transitive verb to describe the action of converting organic waste into compost, a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, composter is conjugated with the auxiliary verb “avoir” and the past participle “composté.” This tense is used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.
- J’ai composté les déchets avant de les mettre dans le jardin. (I composted the waste before putting them in the garden.)
- Tu as composté les épluchures de légumes pour en faire du compost. (You composted vegetable peels to make compost.)
- Ils ont composté les feuilles mortes dès qu’elles ont commencé à tomber. (They composted the dead leaves as soon as they started to fall.)
In these examples, the action of composting was completed before another action in the past (putting waste in the garden, making compost, and the leaves falling). The English translations may vary slightly depending on the context, but the tense remains the same to indicate that the composting occurred before the other actions.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of composter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse composté | I had composted |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses composté | You had composted |
il | il eût | Il eût composté | He had composted |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût composté | She had composted |
on | on eût | On eût composté | One had composted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes composté | We had composted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes composté | You had composted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent composté | They had composted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent composté | They had composted |
Other Conjugations for Composter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb composter
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Composter – 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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