Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Introduction to the verb dépailler
The French verb dépailler comes from the prefix “dé-“, meaning “off” or “away”, and the noun “paille”, meaning “straw”. Its literal translation is “to remove straw” or “to take off straw”. In everyday French, this verb is most commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used to describe completed actions that took place before another past action.
Pronunciation: day-pie-yay (with the “r” sound being rolled at the end)
Examples:
- J’ai dépaillé le toit avant qu’il ne pleuve. (I removed the straw from the roof before it rained.)
- Les agriculteurs avaient dépaillé leurs champs avant d’y planter de nouvelles cultures. (The farmers had removed the straw from their fields before planting new crops.)
- Quand je suis arrivé, ils avaient déjà dépaillé toutes les bottes de foin. (When I arrived, they had already taken the straw off all the hay bales.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dépailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dépaillé | I had cleared |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dépaillé | You had cleared |
il | il eût | Il eût dépaillé | He had cleared |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dépaillé | She had cleared |
on | on eût | On eût dépaillé | One had cleared |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dépaillé | We had cleared |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dépaillé | You had cleared |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dépaillé | They had cleared |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dépaillé | They had cleared |
Other Conjugations for Dépailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
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Dépailler – 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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