Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Introduction to the verb déguiller
The English translation of the French verb déguiller is “to unravel” or “to unknot.” The infinitive form, déguiller, is pronounced “deh-ghee-yay.”
Déguiller comes from the Latin word “disgiulare,” meaning to untie or loosen. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense used to narrate completed actions that occurred before another past action.
Example 1: J’ai déguillé la corde avant que tu n’arrives. (I had unravelled the rope before you arrived.)
Example 2: Nous avions déguillé tous les fils avant la panne de courant. (We had untangled all the wires before the power outage.)
Example 3: Elle eut déguillé ses cheveux avant la fête. (She had unknoted her hair before the party.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déguiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus déguillé | J’eus déguillé le lapin | I had killed the rabbit |
tu | tu eus déguillé | Tu eus déguillé le lapin | You had killed the rabbit |
il | il eut déguillé | Il eut déguillé le lapin | He had killed the rabbit |
elle | elle eut déguillé | Elle eut déguillé le lapin | She had killed the rabbit |
on | on eut déguillé | On eut déguillé le lapin | One had killed the rabbit |
nous | nous eûmes déguillé | Nous eûmes déguillé le lapin | We had killed the rabbit |
vous | vous eûtes déguillé | Vous eûtes déguillé le lapin | You had killed the rabbit |
ils | ils eurent déguillé | Ils eurent déguillé le lapin | They had killed the rabbit |
elles | elles eurent déguillé | Elles eurent déguillé le lapin | They had killed the rabbit |
Other Conjugations for Déguiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
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Déguiller – 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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