Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Introduction to the verb déclouer
The English translation of the French verb déclouer is “to take out the nails.” It is pronounced as “day-kloo-ay.”
Déclouer comes from the combination of two words: “dé-” which means “undo” and “clou” which means “nail.” The origin of the word can be traced back to the Latin word “clavus” which also means “nail.”
In everyday French, déclouer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used for actions that were completed before another past action.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
- J’ai décloué le tableau avant que mes parents rentrent à la maison. (I took out the nails from the painting before my parents came back home.)
- Nous avions décloué les planches avant de les remettre dans le grenier. (We had taken out the nails from the planks before putting them back in the attic.)
- Les ouvriers avaient décloué les vieilles tuiles avant de poser le nouveau toit. (The workers had removed the old tiles before installing the new roof.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déclouer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus décloué | I had unnailed |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus décloué | You had unnailed |
il | il eut | Il eut décloué | He had unnailed |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut décloué | She had unnailed |
on | on eut | On eut décloué | One had unnailed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes décloué | We had unnailed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes décloué | You had unnailed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent décloué | They had unnailed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent décloué | They had unnailed |
Other Conjugations for Déclouer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déclouer
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Déclouer – 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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