Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Introduction to the verb contingenter
The English translation of the French verb contingenter is “to allocate” or “to apportion.” It comes from the Latin word “contingere,” which means “to touch” or “to happen by chance.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Some examples of its usage in this tense are:
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J’ai contingenté le budget pour le projet avant de commencer les travaux. (I allocated the budget for the project before starting the work.)
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Les organisateurs ont contingenté le nombre de participants à l’événement pour des raisons de sécurité. (The organizers allocated the number of participants for the event for safety reasons.)
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Le gouvernement avait contingenté les ressources disponibles pour faire face à la crise économique. (The government had allocated the available resources to deal with the economic crisis.)
In these examples, contingenter is used to describe the act of setting and allocating resources, such as budget, participants, or resources, for a specific purpose.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of contingenter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse contingenté | I had contingent |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses contingenté | You had contingent |
il | il eût | Il eût contingenté | He had contingent |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût contingenté | She had contingent |
on | on eût | On eût contingenté | One had contingent |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes contingenté | We had contingent |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes contingent | You had contingent |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent contingent | They had contingent |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent contingent | They had contingent |
Other Conjugations for Contingenter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
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Contingenter – 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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