Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Introduction to the verb dénoyer
The English translation of dénoyer is “to untie” or “to unravel”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-nwah-yay”.
Dénoyer comes from the Old French word “denoier” which means “to undo” or “to dissolve”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense that is used to indicate an action that was completed before another past action.
Example 1: Jean dénoya la corde avant de lancer le bateau. (Jean untied the rope before launching the boat.)
Example 2: Nous avions dénoyé tous les nœuds avant de commencer à tricoter. (We had unraveled all the knots before starting to knit.)
Example 3: Vous aviez dénoyé les fils électriques avant de les brancher. (You had untied the electric wires before plugging them in.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dénoyer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus dénoyé | I had untied |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus dénoyé | You had untied |
il | il eut | Il eut dénoyé | He had untied |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut dénoyé | She had untied |
on | on eut | On eut dénoyé | One had untied |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dénoyé | We had untied |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dénoyé | You had untied |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dénoyé | They had untied |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dénoyé | They had untied |
Other Conjugations for Dénoyer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénoyer
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Dénoyer – 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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