Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Introduction to the verb démanteler
The English translation of the French verb démanteler is “to dismantle”. The infinitive form is pronounced “day-mahnt-lay”.
Démanteler comes from the French word “manteler”, meaning “to cloak” or “to cover”. The prefix “dé-” adds a sense of negation, making démanteler mean “to uncover” or “to strip away”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense that expresses an action that took place before another past action.
Some examples of démanteler in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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Le gouvernement eut démantelé l’organisation criminelle avant qu’elle ne puisse causer plus de dommages. (The government had dismantled the criminal organization before it could cause any more harm.)
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Les soldats démantelèrent les barricades érigées par les rebelles pendant la nuit. (The soldiers dismantled the barricades that had been erected by the rebels during the night.)
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L’entreprise avait déjà démantelé son système de sécurité avant que le piratage ne se produise. (The company had already dismantled its security system before the hacking occurred.)
In these examples, démanteler is used in its literal sense of “to dismantle” something physically. However, it can also be used in a more figurative sense, such as “to dismantle an argument” or “to dismantle a theory”. In all cases, démanteler conveys the idea of taking something apart or breaking it down.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of démanteler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse démantelé | I had dismantled |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses démantelé | You had dismantled |
il | il eût | Il eût démantelé | He had dismantled |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût démantelé | She had dismantled |
on | on eût | On eût démantelé | One had dismantled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes démantelé | We had dismantled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes démantelé | You had dismantled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent démantelé | They had dismantled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent démantelé | They had dismantled |
Other Conjugations for Démanteler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
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Démanteler – 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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