Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Introduction to the verb décommander
The English translation of the French verb décommander is “to cancel” or “to call off.” The infinitive form, décommander, is pronounced “day-koh-mahn-day.”
Décommander comes from the prefix “dé-“, which means “undo” or “reverse,” and the verb “commander,” meaning “to command” or “to order.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to talk about completed actions in the past that happened before another action in the past.
Example 1: J’ai décommandé ma réservation à l’hôtel avant de partir en vacances. (I canceled my hotel reservation before leaving on vacation.)
Example 2: Elle avait décommandé sa participation à la réunion avant de tomber malade. (She had canceled her attendance at the meeting before getting sick.)
Example 3: Nous avions décommandé le dîner au restaurant parce que nous étions trop fatigués pour sortir. (We had canceled our dinner reservation at the restaurant because we were too tired to go out.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décommander
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse décommandé | I had cancelled |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses décommandé | You had cancelled |
il | il eût | Il eût décommandé | He had cancelled |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût décommandé | She had cancelled |
on | on eût | On eût décommandé | One had cancelled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes décommandé | We had cancelled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes décommandé | You had cancelled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent décommandé | They had cancelled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent décommandé | They had cancelled |
Other Conjugations for Décommander.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décommander
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Décommander – 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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