Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Introduction to the verb déprécier
The English translation of the French verb déprécier is to depreciate or to devalue. It is pronounced as “day-pree-syey.”
Déprécier comes from the Latin word “depretiare,” meaning to undervalue or depreciate. In everyday French, it is used to express a decrease in value or worth of something. It is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which expresses an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Examples:
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J’ai déprécié ma maison avant de la vendre. (I had depreciated my house before selling it.)
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Ils avaient déprécié leur monnaie avant la crise économique. (They had devalued their currency before the economic crisis.)
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Elle avait déprécié ses compétences avant de postuler pour ce poste. (She had devalued her skills before applying for this job.)
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I had depreciated my house before selling it.
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They had devalued their currency before the economic crisis.
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She had devalued her skills before applying for this job.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déprécier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse déprecié | I had depreciated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses déprecié | You had depreciated |
il | il eût | Il eût déprecié | He had depreciated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût déprecié | She had depreciated |
on | on eût | On eût déprecié | One had depreciated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes déprecié | We had depreciated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes déprecié | You had depreciated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent déprecié | They had depreciated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent déprecié | They had depreciated |
Other Conjugations for Déprécier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déprécier
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Déprécier – 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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