Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Introduction to the verb désactiver
The English translation of the French verb désactiver is “to deactivate.” It is pronounced as “day-zak-tee-vay” in the infinitive form.
The word désactiver comes from the prefix dés- which means “un-” or “de-” and the verb activer, which means “to activate.” It is often used in everyday French to refer to turning off or disabling a device or system.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, désactiver is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the Imperfect tense followed by the past participle of désactiver, which is désactivé.
Three simple examples of désactiver in the Passé Antérieur tense are:
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J’ai désactivé mon compte sur les réseaux sociaux avant de partir en vacances. (I deactivated my social media account before going on vacation.)
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Elle s’était désactivée de toutes les responsabilités après sa démission. (She had deactivated herself from all responsibilities after her resignation.)
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Les ingénieurs avaient désactivé le système de sécurité avant de procéder aux réparations. (The engineers had deactivated the security system before proceeding with the repairs.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of désactiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse désactivé | I had deactivated |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses désactivé | You had deactivated |
il | il eût | Il eût désactivé | He had deactivated |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût désactivé | She had deactivated |
on | on eût | On eût désactivé | One had deactivated |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes désactivé | We had deactivated |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes désactivé | You had deactivated |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent désactivé | They had deactivated |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent désactivé | They had deactivated |
Other Conjugations for Désactiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désactiver
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Désactiver – 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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