Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Introduction to the verb dérouter
The English translation of dérouter is “to divert” or “to redirect.” It is pronounced as “day-roo-tay.”
Dérouter comes from the French word “route,” meaning “route” or “way.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense that is used to describe a completed action that happened before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of dérouter in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- J’ai dérouté mon voyage pour visiter ma famille. (I diverted my trip to visit my family.)
- Elle avait dérouté sa carrière pour poursuivre ses passions. (She had redirected her career to pursue her passions.)
- Nous avions dérouté notre itinéraire pour éviter les embouteillages. (We had diverted our route to avoid traffic.)
In English, these sentences would translate to:
- I diverted my trip to visit my family.
- She had redirected her career to pursue her passions.
- We had diverted our route to avoid traffic.
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dérouter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dérouté | I had diverted |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dérouté | You had diverted |
il | il eût | Il eût dérouté | He had diverted |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dérouté | She had diverted |
on | on eût | On eût dérouté | One had diverted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dérouté | We had diverted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dérouté | You had diverted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dérouté | They had diverted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dérouté | They had diverted |
Other Conjugations for Dérouter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérouter
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Dérouter – 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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