Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Introduction to the verb démotiver
The English translation of the French verb démotiver is “to demotivate.” It is pronounced as “day-moe-tee-vay.”
Démotiver comes from the prefix “dé,” meaning “remove” or “undo,” and the verb “motiver,” meaning “to motivate.” Together, démotiver literally means “to remove motivation.” It is most often used in everyday French to describe the act of losing motivation or discouraging someone from doing something.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, démotiver is conjugated as “démotiva” for the first and third person singular, and “démotivâmes” for the first person plural. Some examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Elle se démotiva après avoir échoué à son examen. (She demotivated herself after failing her exam.)
- Les mauvaises critiques ont démotivé les acteurs. (The bad reviews demotivated the actors.)
- Nous nous étions déjà démotivés avant même d’essayer. (We had already lost motivation even before trying.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of démotiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse démotivé | I had demotivated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses démotivé | You had demotivated |
il | il eût | Il eût démotivé | He had demotivated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût démotivé | She had demotivated |
on | on eût | On eût démotivé | One had demotivated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes démotivé | We had demotivated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes démotivé | You had demotivated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent démotivé | They had demotivated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent démotivé | They had demotivated |
Other Conjugations for Démotiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démotiver
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Démotiver – 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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