Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Introduction to the verb cultiver
The English translation of the French verb cultiver is “to cultivate.” It is pronounced kool-tee-vay (IPA: /kyl.ti.ve/).
The word cultiver comes from the Latin word “colere,” meaning “to till, cultivate, or worship.” It is most often used in everyday French to refer to the act of growing and tending to plants or crops.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past, cultiver is conjugated as follows:
- Je (j’) ai cultivé (I cultivated)
- Tu as cultivé (you cultivated)
- Il/Elle/On a cultivé (he/she/one cultivated)
- Nous avons cultivé (we cultivated)
- Vous avez cultivé (you cultivated)
- Ils/Elles ont cultivé (they cultivated)
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’ai cultivé des tomates avant de récolter les carottes. (I cultivated tomatoes before harvesting the carrots.)
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Tu as cultivé des fleurs dans ton jardin l’été dernier. (You cultivated flowers in your garden last summer.)
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Elle a cultivé ses propres légumes pendant des années avant de se lancer dans l’agriculture biologique. (She cultivated her own vegetables for years before venturing into organic farming.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of cultiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse cultivé | I had cultivated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses cultivé | You had cultivated |
il | il eût | Il eût cultivé | He had cultivated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût cultivé | She had cultivated |
on | on eût | On eût cultivé | One had cultivated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes cultivé | We had cultivated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes cultivé | You had cultivated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent cultivé | They had cultivated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent cultivé | They had cultivated |
Other Conjugations for Cultiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cultiver
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Cultiver – 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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