Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Introduction to the verb décontaminer
The English translation of the French verb décontaminer is “to decontaminate.” The infinitive form, décontaminer, is pronounced “day-kon-ta-mee-nay.”
Décontaminer comes from the French prefix “dé-” which means “undo” or “remove” and the word “contaminer” which means “to contaminate.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense that is formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” and the past participle of the verb. It is used to indicate an action that occurred before another past action.
Examples:
- J’ai décontaminé la zone avant que l’équipe n’arrive. (I had decontaminated the area before the team arrived.)
- Il avait décontaminé ses mains avant de toucher les aliments. (He had decontaminated his hands before touching the food.)
- Nous étions partis après avoir décontaminé la maison. (We had left after decontaminating the house.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décontaminer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse décontaminé | J’eusse décontaminé | I had decontaminated |
tu | tu eusses décontaminé | Tu eusses décontaminé | You had decontaminated |
il | il eût décontaminé | Il eût décontaminé | He had decontaminated |
elle | elle eût décontaminé | Elle eût décontaminé | She had decontaminated |
on | on eût décontaminé | On eût décontaminé | One had decontaminated |
nous | nous eûmes décontaminé | Nous eûmes décontaminé | We had decontaminated |
vous | vous eûtes décontaminé | Vous eûtes décontaminé | You had decontaminated |
ils | ils eurent décontaminé | Ils eurent décontaminé | They had decontaminated |
elles | elles eurent décontaminé | Elles eurent décontaminé | They had decontaminated |
Other Conjugations for Décontaminer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
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Décontaminer – 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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