Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Introduction to the verb décerveler
The English translation of the French verb décerveler is “to brainwash.” It is pronounced as “day-sehr-vuh-lay.”
The word décerveler is a combination of the prefix “dé,” meaning “to remove” and the noun “cerveau,” meaning “brain.” Therefore, it literally means to “un-brain” or “remove the brain.” In everyday French, décerveler is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense that expresses an action completed before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the present tense and the past participle of the verb.
Here are three examples of décerveler being used in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- Ils eurent décervelé les prisonniers avant de les relâcher. (They had brainwashed the prisoners before releasing them.)
- Tu fus décervelé par cette secte. (You were brainwashed by that cult.)
- Elle eut décervelé ses enfants pour les convaincre de faire ce qu’elle voulait. (She had brainwashed her children to convince them to do what she wanted.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décerveler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse décervelé | I had destroyed someone’s brain |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses décervelé | You had destroyed someone’s brain |
il | il eût | Il eût décervelé | He had destroyed someone’s brain |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût décervelé | She had destroyed someone’s brain |
on | on eût | On eût décervelé | One had destroyed someone’s brain |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes décervelé | We had destroyed someone’s brain |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes décervelé | You had destroyed someone’s brain |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent décervelé | They had destroyed someone’s brain |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent décervelé | They had destroyed someone’s brain |
Other Conjugations for Décerveler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décerveler
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Décerveler – 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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