Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Introduction to the verb criailler
The English translation of the French verb criailler is to squawk or to screech. It is pronounced as “kree-ah-yay”.
The language origin of criailler can be traced back to the Old French word “crier” which means to shout or to cry out. Criailler is most often used in everyday French to describe the act of loud and high-pitched noise, typically made by animals or young children.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, criailler is used to describe actions or events that happened and were completed in the past before another action or event. Some examples of its usage in this tense are:
- J’eus criaillé toute la nuit avant que mes parents me disent de me coucher. (I had been squawking all night before my parents told me to go to bed.)
- Elle eut criaillé de peur avant que son frère ne la rassure. (She had screeched out of fear before her brother reassured her.)
- Les oiseaux eurent criaillé si fort que nous ne pouvions pas dormir. (The birds had squawked so loudly that we couldn’t sleep.)
English translations:
- I had been squawking all night before my parents told me to go to bed.
- She had screeched out of fear before her brother reassured her.
- The birds had squawked so loudly that we couldn’t sleep.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of criailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse criaillé | I had shouted |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses criaillé | You had shouted |
il | il eût | Il eût criaillé | He had shouted |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût criaillé | She had shouted |
on | on eût | On eût criaillé | One had shouted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes criaillé | We had shouted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes criaillé | You had shouted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent criaillé | They had shouted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent criaillé | They had shouted |
Other Conjugations for Criailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb criailler
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Criailler – 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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