Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Introduction to the verb déposséder
The English translation of the French verb déposséder is “to dispossess” or “to strip someone of their possessions or rights.”
The infinitive form of déposséder is pronounced as “day-poh-seh-day.”
Déposséder comes from the Latin word “possidere” meaning “to possess.” It entered the French language in the 12th century and has been used to refer to the act of taking away someone’s property or rights.
In everyday French, déposséder is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a literary tense used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.
Here are three examples of déposséder in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- Les révolutionnaires eurent dépossédé le roi de ses terres et de son pouvoir. (The revolutionaries had dispossessed the king of his lands and power.)
- Après le divorce, elle avait dépossédé son ex-mari de sa maison et de ses biens. (After the divorce, she had stripped her ex-husband of his house and belongings.)
- Les colons européens avaient dépossédé les autochtones de leurs terres en Amérique. (European colonists had dispossessed the native people of their lands in America.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déposséder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus dépossédé | J’eus dépossédé mes ennemis | I had dispossessed my enemies |
tu | tu eus dépossédé | Tu eus dépossédé tes adversaires | You had dispossessed your opponents |
il | il eut dépossédé | Il eut dépossédé ses concurrents | He had dispossessed his competitors |
elle | elle eut dépossédé | Elle eut dépossédé ses rivaux | She had dispossessed her rivals |
on | on eut dépossédé | On eut dépossédé les envahisseurs | One had dispossessed the invaders |
nous | nous eûmes dépossédé | Nous eûmes dépossédé nos adversaires | We had dispossessed our opponents |
vous | vous eûtes dépossédé | Vous eûtes dépossédé vos ennemis | You had dispossessed your enemies |
ils | ils eurent dépossédé | Ils eurent dépossédé leurs ennemis | They had dispossessed their enemies |
elles | elles eurent dépossédé | Elles eurent dépossédé leurs adversaires | They had dispossessed their opponents |
Other Conjugations for Déposséder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
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Déposséder – 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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