Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Introduction to the verb dépecer
The English translation of dépecer is “to carve” or “to cut into pieces.” It is pronounced as “day-peh-say” in its infinitive form.
Dépecer comes from the Old French word “despecier,” which ultimately derives from the Latin word “dispectare” meaning “to cut in pieces.” In everyday French, dépecer is most commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense and is used to describe completed actions that occurred before another past action.
Some examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Nous eûmes dépecé le poulet avant de le mettre au four. (We had carved the chicken before putting it in the oven.)
- Elle eut dépecé la viande en petits morceaux pour la salade. (She had cut the meat into small pieces for the salad.)
- Les bouchers eurent dépecé la carcasse du boeuf en différentes parties. (The butchers had carved the beef carcass into different parts.)
English translations:
- We had carved the chicken before putting it in the oven.
- She had cut the meat into small pieces for the salad.
- The butchers had carved the beef carcass into different parts.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dépecer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dépecé | I had cut up/dissected |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dépecé | You had cut up/dissected |
il | il eût | Il eût dépecé | He had cut up/dissected |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dépecé | She had cut up/dissected |
on | on eût | On eût dépecé | One had cut up/dissected |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dépecé | We had cut up/dissected |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dépecé | You had cut up/dissected |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dépecé | They had cut up/dissected |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dépecé | They had cut up/dissected |
Other Conjugations for Dépecer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépecer
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Dépecer – 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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