Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Introduction to the verb démériter
The English translation of the French verb démériter is “to lose merit” or “to deserve less”. It is pronounced as “day-may-ree-tay”.
The word démériter comes from the Latin word “demereri”, which means “to deserve less”. It is a combination of the prefix “de-“, meaning “less” and the verb “mereri”, meaning “to deserve”.
In everyday French, démériter is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the equivalent of the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past before another action took place.
Here are three examples of how démériter is used in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- J’ai démérité en ne travaillant pas assez. (I lost merit by not working enough.)
- Tu as démérité en mentant à tes parents. (You lost merit by lying to your parents.)
- Il a démérité en volant de l’argent à sa sœur. (He lost merit by stealing money from his sister.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of démériter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse démérité | I had not deserved |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses démérité | You had not deserved |
il | il eût | Il eût démérité | He had not deserved |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût démérité | She had not deserved |
on | on eût | On eût démérité | One had not deserved |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes démérité | We had not deserved |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes démérité | You had not deserved |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent démérité | They had not deserved |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent démérité | They had not deserved |
Other Conjugations for Démériter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
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Démériter – 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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