Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Introduction to the verb décuver
The English translation of the French verb décuver is “to sober up.” It is pronounced as “day-koo-vay” in the infinitive form.
Décuver comes from the French word “cuve,” meaning “vat” or “tank.” It is a reflexive verb, which means it is used with a reflexive pronoun (se) to indicate that the subject is performing the action on oneself. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used for completed actions that happened before another past action.
Here are three examples of décuver used in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- Je me suis décuvé avant de partir en vacances. (I sobered up before leaving for vacation.)
- Tu t’es décuvé avant d’aller au travail. (You sobered up before going to work.)
- Nous nous sommes décuvés avant de descendre de la montagne. (We sobered up before descending from the mountain.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of décuver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse décuvé | I had sobered up |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses décuvé | You had sobered up |
il | il eût | Il eût décuvé | He had sobered up |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût décuvé | She had sobered up |
on | on eût | On eût décuvé | One had sobered up |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes décuvé | We had sobered up |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes décuvé | You had sobered up |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent décuvé | They had sobered up |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent décuvé | They had sobered up |
Other Conjugations for Décuver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décuver
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Décuver – 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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