Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Introduction to the verb controuver
The English translation of the French verb controuver is “to fabricate” or “to invent.” It is pronounced as “kawn-troo-vay” in the infinitive form.
The word controuver comes from the French prefix “con” meaning “together” and the verb “trouver” meaning “to find.” This combination of words gives the meaning of “to find together” or “to make up.”
In everyday French, controuver is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Je controuvai une excuse pour ne pas aller au travail. (I fabricated an excuse not to go to work.)
- Nous controuvâmes une histoire afin de ne pas être punis. (We made up a story in order not to be punished.)
- Ils controuvèrent une solution pour résoudre le problème. (They invented a solution to solve the problem.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of controuver
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Other Conjugations for Controuver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb controuver
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Controuver – 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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