Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Introduction to the verb dépaver
The English translation of the French verb dépaver is “to remove pavement” or “to dig up paving”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-pa-vay”.
Depaver comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-“, meaning “to remove”, and the word “pave”, meaning “pavement”. It is a regular verb and its conjugation follows the same pattern as other -er verbs.
In everyday French usage, dépaver is often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to talk about events that occurred before another past event. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Imparfait tense and adding the past participle of the verb.
Three examples of dépaver in the Passé Antérieur tense with English translations are:
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J’ai dépavé la rue avant que les travaux de construction ne commencent.
Translation: I had removed the pavement from the street before the construction works started. -
Nous avons dépavé la cour après que les racines des arbres l’aient endommagée.
Translation: We had dug up the paving from the courtyard after the tree roots had damaged it. -
Vous avez dépavé le chemin avant que la tempête ne l’ait détruit.
Translation: You had taken up the paving from the path before the storm destroyed it.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dépaver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dépavé | I had unpaved |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dépavé | You had unpaved |
il | il eût | Il eût dépavé | He had unpaved |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dépavé | She had unpaved |
on | on eût | On eût dépavé | One had unpaved |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dépavé | We had unpaved |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dépavé | You had unpaved |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dépavé | They had unpaved |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dépavé | They had unpaved |
Other Conjugations for Dépaver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépaver
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Dépaver – 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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