Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Introduction to the verb contremarquer
The English translation of the French verb contremarquer is “to countermark.” It is pronounced as “kon-truh-mark-ay” in its infinitive form.
The word contremarquer is a combination of the prefix “contre” which means “against” and the verb “marquer” which means “to mark.” Therefore, it can be translated as “to mark against” or “to countermark.”
In everyday French, contremarquer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense that is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the passé simple tense and adding the past participle of the main verb. It is used to describe an action that occurred before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense with their respective English translations:
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J’avais contremarqué le billet de banque avant de le donner au commerçant. (I had countermarked the banknote before giving it to the merchant.)
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Elle fut surprise de voir que quelqu’un avait contremarqué son nom sur la liste des invités. (She was surprised to see that someone had countermarked her name on the guest list.)
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Nous avions contremarqué les pièces manquantes avant de rendre le costume au magasin. (We had countermarked the missing pieces before returning the costume to the store.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of contremarquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse contremarqué | I had countermarked |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses contremarqué | You had countermarked |
il | il eût | Il eût contremarqué | He had countermarked |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût contremarqué | She had countermarked |
on | on eût | On eût contremarqué | One had countermarked |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes contremarqué | We had countermarked |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes contremarqué | You had countermarked |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent contremarqué | They had countermarked |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent contremarqué | They had countermarked |
Other Conjugations for Contremarquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremarquer
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Contremarquer – 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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