Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Introduction to the verb crapaüter
The English translation of the French verb crapaüter is “to wade through mud.” It is pronounced as “crah-poh-teh.”
The word crapaüter comes from the French word “crapaud,” meaning toad. The addition of the suffix “-er” and the umlaut over the letter “a” give it a more colloquial, humorous tone. It is a verb used to describe the action of walking or trudging through mud.
In everyday French, crapaüter is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the equivalent of the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their English translations:
- Nous crapaütâmes jusqu’à la maison avant que la pluie ne commence. (We waded through the mud to the house before the rain started.)
- J’eus crapaüté à travers le champ quand j’ai vu un serpent. (I had waded through the field when I saw a snake.)
- Les enfants avaient crapaüté tout l’après-midi avant de rentrer, épuisés. (The children had been wading through mud all afternoon before coming back, exhausted.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of crapaüter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse crapauté | I had jumped around |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses crapauté | You had jumped around |
il | il eût | Il eût crapauté | He had jumped around |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût crapauté | She had jumped around |
on | on eût | On eût crapauté | One had jumped around |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes crapauté | We had jumped around |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes crapauté | You had jumped around |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent crapauté | They had jumped around |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent crapauté | They had jumped around |
Other Conjugations for Crapaüter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crapaüter
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Crapaüter – 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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