Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Introduction to the verb décoiffer
The English translation of the French verb décoiffer is “to mess up one’s hair.” It is pronounced as “day-kwah-fay.”
Décoiffer comes from the French word “coiffer,” meaning “to style or arrange one’s hair.” The prefix “dé-” is often used to add a negative or opposite meaning to a word, so décoiffer literally means “to unstyle or mess up one’s hair.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used to describe an action that occurred before another past action.
Example 1: J’ai décoiffé mes cheveux avant de sortir. (I messed up my hair before going out.)
Example 2: Nous avons décoiffé nos cheveux en dansant toute la nuit. (We messed up our hair while dancing all night.)
Example 3: Vous avez décoiffé vos cheveux en faisant du sport. (You messed up your hair while doing sports.)
In these examples, décoiffer is used in the Passé Antérieur tense to describe an action that happened before another action in the past. It is often used in a casual or colloquial way to describe a situation where one’s hair becomes messy or disheveled.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décoiffer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse décoiffé | I had disheveled |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses décoiffé | You had disheveled |
il | il eût | Il eût décoiffé | He had disheveled |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût décoiffé | She had disheveled |
on | on eût | On eût décoiffé | One had disheveled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes décoiffé | We had disheveled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes décoiffé | You had disheveled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent décoiffé | They had disheveled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent décoiffé | They had disheveled |
Other Conjugations for Décoiffer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décoiffer
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Décoiffer – 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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