Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Introduction to the verb décalotter
The English translation of the French verb décalotter is “to uncover” or “to retract the foreskin.” It is pronounced as “dey-ka-loh-tey.”
Décalotter comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” meaning “un-” or “de-” and the noun “calotte” meaning “skullcap” or “foreskin.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Examples of décalotter in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
- J’eus décalotté mon fils avant qu’il ne prenne son bain. (I had uncovered my son before he took his bath.)
- Il décalotta le pénis du mannequin avant de le mettre en vitrine. (He retracted the mannequin’s penis before putting it in the display window.)
- Les médecins avaient décalotté le patient avant de procéder à la circoncision. (The doctors had uncovered the patient before performing the circumcision.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décalotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus décalotté | J’eus décalotté | I had pulled back the foreskin |
tu | tu eus décalotté | Tu eus décalotté | You had pulled back the foreskin |
il | il eut décalotté | Il eut décalotté | He had pulled back the foreskin |
elle | elle eut décalotté | Elle eut décalotté | She had pulled back the foreskin |
on | on eut décalotté | On eut décalotté | One had pulled back the foreskin |
nous | nous eûmes décalotté | Nous eûmes décalotté | We had pulled back the foreskin |
vous | vous eûtes décalotté | Vous eûtes décalotté | You had pulled back the foreskin |
ils | ils eurent décalotté | Ils eurent décalotté | They had pulled back the foreskin |
elles | elles eurent décalotté | Elles eurent décalotté | They had pulled back the foreskin |
Other Conjugations for Décalotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décalotter
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Décalotter – 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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