Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Introduction to the verb dénuer
The English translation of the French verb dénuer is “to strip” or “to deprive”. Its infinitive form is pronounced as “day-nu-eh”.
Dénuer comes from the Latin word “denudare”, which means “to make naked”. In everyday French, dénuer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Examples of dénuer in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- J’eus dénudé le lit avant que les invités arrivent. (I had stripped the bed before the guests arrived.)
- Tu eus dénudé la forêt de ses arbres pour construire ta maison. (You had deprived the forest of its trees to build your house.)
- Il eut dénudé sa vieille voiture pour en récupérer les pièces. (He had stripped his old car to salvage its parts.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dénuer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dénué | I had deprived/dispossessed |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dénué | You had deprived/dispossessed |
il | il eût | Il eût dénué | He had deprived/dispossessed |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dénué | She had deprived/dispossessed |
on | on eût | On eût dénué | One had deprived/dispossessed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dénué | We had deprived/dispossessed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dénué | You had deprived/dispossessed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dénué | They had deprived/dispossessed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dénué | They had deprived/dispossessed |
Other Conjugations for Dénuer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
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Dénuer – 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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