Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Introduction to the verb créneler
The English translation of the French verb créneler is “to crenellate” or “to notch.” The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced as “kreh-nuh-leh.”
The word créneler comes from the Latin word “crinis,” meaning “hair,” and later evolved to refer to the hair-like projections on the top of a crenellated wall. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of adding notches or indentations to the top of a wall or building for decorative or defensive purposes.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to talk about completed actions in the past that happened before another action, créneler is conjugated as follows:
- J’eus crénelé (I had crenellated)
- Tu eus crénelé (You had crenellated)
- Il/Elle eut crénelé (He/She had crenellated)
- Nous eûmes crénelé (We had crenellated)
- Vous eûtes crénelé (You had crenellated)
- Ils/Elles eurent crénelé (They had crenellated)
Examples of créneler in the Passé Antérieur tense:
1) J’eus crénelé les murs du château avant que les ennemis n’arrivent. (I had crenellated the walls of the castle before the enemies arrived.)
2) Tu eus crénelé ta pièce de théâtre avant qu’elle ne soit mise en scène. (You had crenellated your play before it was staged.)
3) Ils eurent crénelé le bâtiment pour le rendre plus esthétique. (They had crenellated the building to make it more aesthetically pleasing.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of créneler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse crénelé | I had crenelated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses crénelé | You had crenelated |
il | il eût | Il eût crénelé | He had crenelated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût crénelé | She had crenelated |
on | on eût | On eût crénelé | One had crenelated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes crénelé | We had crenelated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes crénelé | You had crenelated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent crénelé | They had crenelated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent crénelé | They had crenelated |
Other Conjugations for Créneler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créneler
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Créneler – 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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