Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Introduction to the verb déposer
The English translation of the French verb déposer is “to deposit” or “to drop off.” It is pronounced as “day-poe-zay” in its infinitive form.
The word déposer comes from the Latin word “deponere,” meaning “to put down” or “to lay down.” In everyday French, déposer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a literary past tense used to describe actions that happened immediately before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the imperfect tense followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Three simple examples of déposer in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
- J’ai déposé mon colis sur le bureau avant de partir. (I deposited my package on the desk before leaving.)
- Il a déposé ses clés sur la table et est sorti. (He dropped off his keys on the table and left.)
- Elle est déposée tard à l’école hier. (She arrived late at school yesterday.)
In all of these examples, déposer is used to describe an action that happened before another past action. In the first example, it happened before leaving; in the second example, it happened before leaving the house; and in the third example, it happened before arriving at school.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déposer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus déposé | I had deposited |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus déposé | You had deposited |
il | il eut | Il eut déposé | He had deposited |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut déposé | She had deposited |
on | on eut | On eut déposé | One had deposited |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes déposé | We had deposited |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes déposé | You had deposited |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent déposé | They had deposited |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent déposé | They had deposited |
Other Conjugations for Déposer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposer
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Déposer – 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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