Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Introduction to the verb démancher
The English translation of the French verb démancher is “to unsocket” or “to remove the handle.” It is pronounced as “day-mahn-shay” in its infinitive form.
Démancher comes from the Old French word “descanchier” which meant “to unfasten” or “to unloose.” In modern French, it is most often used in its reflexive form, “se démancher,” which means “to sprain” or “to dislocate.”
In everyday French, démancher in the Passé Antérieur tense is used to refer to a completed action that took place before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Passé Simple tense, followed by the past participle of démancher.
Three simple examples of démancher in the Passé Antérieur tense and their English translations are:
- Il se démancha le poignet avant de tomber. (He sprained his wrist before falling.)
- Elle démancha la poignée de la porte avant de la remplacer. (She removed the handle of the door before replacing it.)
- Nous nous sommes démanchés le bras en jouant au foot. (We dislocated our arm while playing soccer.)
In all of these examples, démancher is used to describe an action that happened before another past action. It is often used in storytelling or recounting events that have already taken place.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of démancher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse démanché | I had dislocated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses démanché | You had dislocated |
il | il eût | Il eût démanché | He had dislocated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût démanché | She had dislocated |
on | on eût | On eût démanché | One had dislocated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes démanché | We had dislocated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes démanché | You had dislocated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent démanché | They had dislocated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent démanché | They had dislocated |
Other Conjugations for Démancher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démancher
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Démancher – 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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