Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Introduction to the verb dérager
The English translation of the French verb dérager is “to annoy” or “to bother.” It is pronounced “day-rah-zhay.”
Dérager comes from the Old French word “deragier,” meaning “to drive away” or “to disturb.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to indicate an action that was completed before another action in the past.
Some examples of dérager in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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J’avais dérangé mon voisin en jouant de la musique trop fort avant qu’il ne s’endorme. (I had annoyed my neighbor by playing loud music before he fell asleep.)
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Les enfants avaient dérangé leur mère pendant qu’elle travaillait. (The children had bothered their mother while she was working.)
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Ils avaient dérangé tout le quartier en organisant une fête jusqu’au petit matin. (They had disturbed the whole neighborhood by throwing a party until the early morning.)
In these examples, dérager is used to describe an action that had been completed before another past action, and the Passé Antérieur tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” in the Imparfait tense (avais, avais, avait, avions, aviez, avaient) followed by the past participle of dérager (dérangé).
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dérager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus dérangé | I had disturbed |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus dérangé | You had disturbed |
il | il eut | Il eut dérangé | He had disturbed |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut dérangé | She had disturbed |
on | on eut | On eut dérangé | One had disturbed |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dérangé | We had disturbed |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dérangé | You had disturbed |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dérangé | They had disturbed |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dérangé | They had disturbed |
Other Conjugations for Dérager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérager
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Dérager – 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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