Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Introduction to the verb cribler
The English translation of the French verb cribler is to sieve or to screen. The infinitive form of cribler is pronounced as “kree-bleh”.
The word cribler comes from the Old French word “crible”, meaning sieve. It is derived from the Latin word “cribrum”, which also means sieve. In everyday French, cribler is most often used to describe the action of separating solid particles from a mixture using a sieve or screen.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, cribler is used to describe an action that occurred and was completed in the past before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the past tense followed by the past participle of cribler.
Here are three examples of cribler in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’eus criblé la farine avant de la mélanger avec les autres ingrédients. (I had sieved the flour before mixing it with the other ingredients.)
- Elle eut criblé le sable pour enlever les gros cailloux. (She had screened the sand to remove the large rocks.)
- Nous eûmes criblé tous les documents avant de les présenter à notre patron. (We had screened all the documents before presenting them to our boss.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cribler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse criblé | I had riddled |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses criblé | You had riddled |
il | il eût | Il eût criblé | He had riddled |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût criblé | She had riddled |
on | on eût | On eût criblé | One had riddled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes criblé | We had riddled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes criblé | You had riddled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent criblé | They had riddled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent criblé | They had riddled |
Other Conjugations for Cribler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cribler
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Cribler – 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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