Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Introduction to the verb dépêcher
The English translation of the French verb dépêcher is “to hurry” or “to dispatch”. It is pronounced as “day-peh-shay”.
The word dépêcher comes from the old French word “despechier”, which means “to send quickly”. It is derived from the Latin word “displicare”, meaning “to unfold” or “to unfold quickly”.
In everyday French, dépêcher is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense that expresses an action that took place before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the passé simple tense, followed by the past participle of dépêcher.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’eus dépêché le courrier avant de partir. (I had hurried the mail before leaving.)
- Tu eus dépêché les invités avant l’arrivée des parents. (You had dispatched the guests before the arrival of the parents.)
- Il eut dépêché les documents avant la réunion. (He had sent the documents quickly before the meeting.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dépêcher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dépêché | I had sent |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dépêché | You had sent |
il | il eût | Il eût dépêché | He had sent |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dépêché | She had sent |
on | on eût | On eût dépêché | One had sent |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dépêché | We had sent |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dépêché | You had sent |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dépêché | They had sent |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dépêché | They had sent |
Other Conjugations for Dépêcher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépêcher
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Dépêcher – 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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