Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Introduction to the verb démâter
The English translation of démâter is “to dismast”. It is pronounced as “day-mah-tay” in the infinitive form.
The word démâter comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-“, meaning “to undo” or “to remove”, and the verb “mâter”, meaning “to mast”. It is most often used in nautical terminology to describe the action of taking down or removing the mast of a ship.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used for actions that occurred before another past action, démâter is conjugated as follows:
Je démâtai
Tu démâtas
Il/Elle démâta
Nous démâtâmes
Vous démâtâtes
Ils/Elles démâtèrent
Examples:
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J’ai démâté mon bateau avant de le mettre en cale sèche.
Translation: I had dismasted my boat before putting it into dry dock. -
Tu as démâté le voilier pour le réparer.
Translation: You dismasted the sailboat to repair it. -
Ils ont démâté le navire après la tempête.
Translation: They dismasted the ship after the storm.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of démâter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse démâté | I had dismasted |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses démâté | You had dismasted |
il | il eût | Il eût démâté | He had dismasted |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût démâté | She had dismasted |
on | on eût | On eût démâté | One had dismasted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes démâté | We had dismasted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes démâté | You had dismasted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent démâté | They had dismasted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent démâté | They had dismasted |
Other Conjugations for Démâter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
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Démâter – 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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