Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Introduction to the verb déclamer
The English translation of the French verb déclamer is “to declaim” or “to recite.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-cla-may.”
Déclamer comes from the Latin word “declamare,” which meant “to cry out” or “to shout.” In French, it is most often used in everyday language in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of déclamer in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
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J’eus déclamé mon poème avant que la cérémonie ne commence.
(I had declaimed my poem before the ceremony started.) -
Tu eus déclamé ta colère avant que je puisse m’excuser.
(You had declaimed your anger before I could apologize.) -
Il eut déclamé son discours avec émotion avant de quitter la scène.
(He had declaimed his speech with emotion before leaving the stage.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déclamer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse déclamé | I had recited |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses déclamé | You had recited |
il | il eût | Il eût déclamé | He had recited |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût déclamé | She had recited |
on | on eût | On eût déclamé | One had recited |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes déclamé | We had recited |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes déclamé | You had recited |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent déclamé | They had recited |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent déclamé | They had recited |
Other Conjugations for Déclamer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclamer
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Déclamer – 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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