Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Introduction to the verb déboucher
The English translation of the French verb déboucher is “to unblock” or “to unclog.” It is pronounced as “day-boo-shay” in its infinitive form.
Déboucher comes from the French prefix dé- which means “un-” and boucher which means “to block.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense that expresses an action that happened before another action in the past.
Examples of déboucher in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’ai débouché le lavabo avant que l’eau ne déborde. (I unblocked the sink before the water overflowed.)
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Nous avons débouché la bouteille de vin avant le dîner. (We uncorked the bottle of wine before dinner.)
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Les plombiers avaient débouché les tuyaux avant que nous ne remarquions la fuite. (The plumbers had unclogged the pipes before we noticed the leak.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déboucher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus débouché | J’eus débouché la bouteille | I had unclogged the bottle |
tu | tu eusses débouché | Tu eusses débouché la bouteille | You had unclogged the bottle |
il | il eût débouché | Il eût débouché la bouteille | He had unclogged the bottle |
elle | elle eût débouché | Elle eût débouché la bouteille | She had unclogged the bottle |
on | on eût débouché | On eût débouché la bouteille | One had unclogged the bottle |
nous | nous eûmes débouché | Nous eûmes débouché la bouteille | We had unclogged the bottle |
vous | vous eûtes débouché | Vous eûtes débouché la bouteille | You had unclogged the bottle |
ils | ils eurent débouché | Ils eurent débouché la bouteille | They had unclogged the bottle |
elles | elles eurent débouché | Elles eurent débouché la bouteille | They had unclogged the bottle |
Other Conjugations for Déboucher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboucher
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Déboucher – 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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