Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Introduction to the verb déneiger
The English translation of the French verb déneiger is “to clear the snow” or “to shovel snow”. It is pronounced as “dehn-ey-zhee-ay”.
The verb déneiger comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” (meaning “undo” or “remove”) and the word “neige” (meaning “snow”). It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is used to talk about completed actions that happened before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of déneiger in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their respective English translations:
- J’ai déneigé la porte avant qu’il ne rentre chez lui. (I cleared the snow from the door before he came home.)
- Nous avions déneigé la route avant qu’il neige à nouveau. (We had cleared the road before it snowed again.)
- Tu avais déneigé le trottoir avant que les enfants sortent jouer. (You had shoveled the sidewalk before the kids went out to play.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déneiger
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus déneigé | J’eus déneigé la route | I had cleared the road |
tu | tu eusses déneigé | Tu eusses déneigé la route | You had cleared the road |
il | il eût déneigé | Il eût déneigé la route | He had cleared the road |
elle | elle eût déneigé | Elle eût déneigé la route | She had cleared the road |
on | on eût déneigé | On eût déneigé la route | One had cleared the road |
nous | nous eûmes déneigé | Nous eûmes déneigé la route | We had cleared the road |
vous | vous eûtes déneigé | Vous eûtes déneigé la route | You had cleared the road |
ils | ils eurent déneigé | Ils eurent déneigé la route | They had cleared the road |
elles | elles eurent déneigé | Elles eurent déneigé la route | They had cleared the road |
Other Conjugations for Déneiger.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déneiger
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Déneiger – 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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