Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Introduction to the verb consister
The English translation of the French verb consister is “to consist.” It is pronounced as “kawn-see-stay.”
The verb consister comes from the Latin word “consistere” which means “to stop or stand.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used to describe completed actions that happened before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’ai réalisé que son histoire consistait en une série de mensonges. (I realized that his story consisted of a series of lies.)
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Nous avons entendu dire que le succès de l’entreprise avait consisté en une bonne gestion des ressources humaines. (We heard that the success of the company consisted in good management of human resources.)
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Elle a découvert que la clé du bonheur avait consisté en un équilibre entre travail et vie personnelle. (She discovered that the key to happiness consisted in a balance between work and personal life.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of consister
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse consisté | I had consisted |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses consisté | You had consisted |
il | il eût | Il eût consisté | He had consisted |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût consisté | She had consisted |
on | on eût | On eût consisté | One had consisted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes consisté | We had consisted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes consisté | You had consisted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent consisté | They had consisted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent consisté | They had consisted |
Other Conjugations for Consister.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb consister
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Consister – 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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