Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Introduction to the verb dansoter
The English translation of the French verb dansoter is “to dance lightly” or “to skip.” The infinitive form of dansoter is pronounced as “dahn-soh-teh.”
The word dansoter comes from the French words “danser” meaning “to dance” and “sauter” meaning “to skip.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to talk about actions that happened before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the simple past tense followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three examples of dansoter used in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- Quand je suis arrivé à la fête, les invités avaient déjà dansoté pendant une heure. (When I arrived at the party, the guests had already been dancing lightly for an hour.)
- Nous avions dansoté toute la nuit avant de rentrer chez nous. (We had danced lightly all night before going back home.)
- Elle avait dansoté dans son salon avant que ses amis n’arrivent pour la soirée. (She had been skipping around her living room before her friends arrived for the party.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dansoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dansoté | I had danced |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dansoté | You had danced |
il | il eût | Il eût dansoté | He had danced |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dansoté | She had danced |
on | on eût | On eût dansoté | One had danced |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dansoté | We had danced |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dansoté | You had danced |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dansoté | They had danced |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dansoté | They had danced |
Other Conjugations for Dansoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dansoter
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Dansoter – 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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