Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Introduction to the verb désamarrer
The English translation of the French verb désamarrer is “to untie” or “to unmoor.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-zah-mah-reh.”
The word désamarrer comes from the combination of the prefix “dés-“, meaning “to undo” or “to remove,” and the verb “amarrer,” meaning “to moor” or “to tie up.” Therefore, désamarrer can be understood as the action of undoing a mooring.
In everyday French, the verb désamarrer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to describe a completed action that happened before another past action. It is formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Passé Simple tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the past participle of désamarrer is “désamarré.”
Here are three simple examples of désamarrer in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their respective English translations:
- Nous avions désamarré le bateau avant que l’orage n’arrive. (We had untied the boat before the storm arrived.)
- Elle fut soulagée quand ils eurent désamarré le navire. (She was relieved when they had unmoored the ship.)
- J’eus désamarré le canot quand je me rendis compte que j’avais oublié mon sac à dos. (I had untied the canoe when I realized I had forgotten my backpack.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of désamarrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse désamarré | I had untied |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses désamarré | You had untied |
il | il eût | Il eût désamarré | He had untied |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût désamarré | She had untied |
on | on eût | On eût désamarré | One had untied |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes désamarré | We had untied |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes désamarré | You had untied |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent désamarré | They had untied |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent désamarré | They had untied |
Other Conjugations for Désamarrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamarrer
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Désamarrer – 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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