Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Introduction to the verb contrister
The English translation of the French verb contrister is “to sadden” or “to grieve”. It is pronounced as “kohn-tree-stay” in the infinitive form.
The word contrister comes from the Latin word “contristare” which means “to sadden” or “to afflict with grief”. It entered the French language in the 12th century and has been used in its current form since the 14th century.
In everyday French, contrister is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense used for events that happened before another past event. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Imparfait tense and adding the past participle of the main verb.
Here are 3 simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense with their respective English translations:
- Les nouvelles de la guerre les contristèrent profondément. (The news of the war saddened them deeply.)
- Le décès de son père l’avait contristé pendant des mois. (The death of his father had grieved him for months.)
- Elle se souvint de son enfance, contristée par les disputes de ses parents. (She remembered her childhood, saddened by her parents’ arguments.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of contrister
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse contristé | I had saddened |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses contristé | You had saddened |
il | il eût | Il eût contristé | He had saddened |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût contristé | She had saddened |
on | on eût | On eût contristé | One had saddened |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes contristé | We had saddened |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes contristé | You had saddened |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent contristé | They had saddened |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent contristé | They had saddened |
Other Conjugations for Contrister.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contrister
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Contrister – 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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