Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Introduction to the verb dépiauter
The English translation of the French verb dépiauter is to skin or to peel. The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-pee-oh-tay”.
The word dépiauter comes from the Old French word “despiatier”, which means to skin or to strip off. It is derived from the Latin word “dispietare”, which also means to strip off.
In everyday French, dépiauter is used in the Passé Antérieur tense to talk about completed actions in the past. This tense is often used to narrate a sequence of events that happened before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the imparfait tense followed by the past participle of dépiauter.
Here are three examples of dépiauter in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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J’avais dépiauté les pommes avant de les mettre dans la tarte. (I had peeled the apples before putting them in the pie.)
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Elle était déjà partie quand j’ai dépiauté les oranges. (She had already left when I peeled the oranges.)
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Nous avions dépiauté tous les légumes pour le dîner avant que les invités n’arrivent. (We had peeled all the vegetables for dinner before the guests arrived.)
In all of these examples, dépiauter is used to talk about an action that was completed before another action in the past.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dépiauter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dépiauté | I had skinned |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dépiauté | You had skinned |
il | il eût | Il eût dépiauté | He had skinned |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dépiauté | She had skinned |
on | on eût | On eût dépiauté | One had skinned |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dépiauté | We had skinned |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dépiauté | You had skinned |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dépiauté | They had skinned |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dépiauté | They had skinned |
Other Conjugations for Dépiauter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépiauter
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Dépiauter – 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)
Summary
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