Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Introduction to the verb déactiver
The English translation of the French verb déactiver is “to deactivate.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-ak-tee-vay.”
Déactiver comes from the French prefix “dé-“, meaning “dis-” or “un-“, and the verb “activer,” meaning “to activate.” It is often used in everyday French to refer to turning something off or disabling a function or device.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, déactiver is used to express an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb “avoir” in the passé simple tense, followed by the past participle of déactiver, which is “désactivé.”
Here are three simple examples of déactiver in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’ai déactivé mon compte Facebook avant de partir en vacances. (I deactivated my Facebook account before going on vacation.)
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Elle avait déactivé la sonnette de sa porte pour ne pas être dérangée. (She had deactivated the doorbell to not be disturbed.)
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Nous avions déactivé toutes les alarmes avant de quitter le bureau. (We had deactivated all the alarms before leaving the office.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déactiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse désactivé | I had deactivated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses désactivé | You had deactivated |
il | il eût | Il eût désactivé | He had deactivated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût désactivé | She had deactivated |
on | on eût | On eût désactivé | One had deactivated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes désactivé | We had deactivated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes désactivé | You had deactivated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent désactivé | They had deactivated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent désactivé | They had deactivated |
Other Conjugations for Déactiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déactiver
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Déactiver – 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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