Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Introduction to the verb déraisonner
The English translation of the French verb déraisonner is “to act irrationally” or “to be unreasonable”. It is pronounced as “day-ray-zoh-nay”.
The verb déraisonner comes from the French word “déraison”, which means “unreason” or “irrationality”. It is derived from the Latin word “rationem”, meaning “reason”.
In everyday French, déraisonner is commonly used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used in formal or literary language to describe an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the passé simple tense, followed by the past participle of the verb.
Three examples of déraisonner in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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Elle eut déraisonné et avait renoncé à ses rêves de voyage. (She had acted irrationally and had given up her dreams of traveling.)
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J’eus déraisonné en choisissant cette université. (I had been unreasonable in choosing this university.)
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Ils eurent déraisonné face à la pression du public. (They had acted irrationally under the pressure of the public.)
In English, these sentences would be translated respectively as:
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She had acted irrationally and had given up her dreams of traveling.
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I had been unreasonable in choosing this university.
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They had acted irrationally under the pressure of the public.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déraisonner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus déraisonné | J’eus déraisonné | I had gone irrational |
tu | tu eus déraisonné | Tu eus déraisonné | You had gone irrational |
il | il eut déraisonné | Il eut déraisonné | He had gone irrational |
elle | elle eut déraisonné | Elle eut déraisonné | She had gone irrational |
on | on eut déraisonné | On eut déraisonné | One had gone irrational |
nous | nous eûmes déraisonné | Nous eûmes déraisonné | We had gone irrational |
vous | vous eûtes déraisonné | Vous eûtes déraisonné | You had gone irrational |
ils | ils eurent déraisonné | Ils eurent déraisonné | They had gone irrational |
elles | elles eurent déraisonné | Elles eurent déraisonné | They had gone irrational |
Other Conjugations for Déraisonner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déraisonner
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Déraisonner – 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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