Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Introduction to the verb décruer
The English translation of the French verb décruer is “to decrease” or “to decrease in size.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “dey-kroo-ey.”
Décruer comes from the Old French word “decrueir” which means “to decrease.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used to express an action that occurred before another past action.
Examples:
- J’ai décrué ma consommation de sucre l’année dernière. (I decreased my sugar intake last year.)
- L’économie a décrué de façon significative pendant la crise économique. (The economy decreased significantly during the economic crisis.)
- Nous avons décrué nos dépenses pour économiser de l’argent. (We decreased our expenses to save money.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décruer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse décrué | I had decreased |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses décrué | You had decreased |
il | il eût | Il eût décrué | He had decreased |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût décrué | She had decreased |
on | on eût | On eût décrué | One had decreased |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes décrué | We had decreased |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes décrué | You had decreased |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent décrué | They had decreased |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent décrué | They had decreased |
Other Conjugations for Décruer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décruer
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Décruer – 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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