Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Introduction to the verb crawler
The English translation of the French verb crawler is “to crawl.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “kraw-leh.”
The language origin of crawler can be traced back to the Old French word “croler,” meaning “to bend, stoop.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to indicate an action that occurred before another past action.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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J’eus ramassé le jouet que mon bébé avait fait tomber en rampant. (I had picked up the toy that my baby had dropped while crawling.)
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Les enfants eurent atteint la cachette avant que je les aie vus. (The children had reached the hiding spot before I had seen them crawling.)
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Après que le chat eut rampé dans le jardin, ses pattes étaient couvertes de boue. (After the cat had crawled in the garden, its paws were covered in mud.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of crawler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus rampé | I crawled |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus rampé | You crawled |
il | il eut | Il eut rampé | He crawled |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut rampé | She crawled |
on | on eut | On eut rampé | One crawled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes rampé | We crawled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes rampé | You crawled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent rampé | They crawled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent rampé | They crawled |
Other Conjugations for Crawler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crawler
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Crawler – 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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