Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Introduction to the verb délicoter
The English translation of the French verb délicoter is “to unravel” or “to undo.” It is pronounced as “day-lee-ko-tay” in its infinitive form.
Délicoter comes from the combination of the prefix dé- (meaning “down” or “off”) and the verb licoter (meaning “to knot” or “to tie”). Therefore, délicoter can be understood as “to untie” or “to unravel.”
In everyday French, délicoter is most commonly used in the passé antérieur tense, which is used to talk about a completed action that happened before another action in the past. It is typically formed with the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the simple past tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three simple examples of délicoter in the passé antérieur tense, with their respective English translations:
- J’eus délicoté la corde avant qu’ils arrivassent. (I had unraveled the rope before they arrived.)
- Elle eut délicoté ses cheveux avant d’aller se coucher. (She had undone her hair before going to bed.)
- Nous eûmes délicoté toutes les ficelles avant de commencer le projet. (We had untied all the strings before starting the project.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of délicoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus délicoté | J’eus délicoté la viande | I had cut up the meat |
tu | tu eus délicoté | Tu eus délicoté la viande | You had cut up the meat |
il | il eut délicoté | Il eut délicoté la viande | He had cut up the meat |
elle | elle eut délicoté | Elle eut délicoté la viande | She had cut up the meat |
on | on eut délicoté | On eut délicoté la viande | One had cut up the meat |
nous | nous eûmes délicoté | Nous eûmes délicoté la viande | We had cut up the meat |
vous | vous eûtes délicoté | Vous eûtes délicoté la viande | You had cut up the meat |
ils | ils eurent délicoté | Ils eurent délicoté la viande | They had cut up the meat |
elles | elles eurent délicoté | Elles eurent délicoté la viande | They had cut up the meat |
Other Conjugations for Délicoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
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Délicoter – 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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