Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Introduction to the verb désenflammer
The English translation of the French verb désenflammer is “to extinguish” or “to calm down”. The infinitive form is pronounced “day-sahn-flah-may”.
The word désenflammer comes from the prefix “dés-” which means “to undo” and the word “enflammer” which means “to ignite” or “to inflame”. Therefore, désenflammer literally means “to unignite” or “to un-inflame”.
In everyday French, désenflammer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the past tense used to express an action that was completed before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the present tense followed by the past participle of the verb.
Here are three examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’avais désenflammé le feu avant qu’il ne se propage. (I had extinguished the fire before it spread.)
- Elle s’était désenflammée après avoir entendu les bonnes nouvelles. (She had calmed down after hearing the good news.)
- Nous avions désenflammé la situation en trouvant un compromis. (We had defused the situation by finding a compromise.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of désenflammer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse désenflammé | I had extinguished |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses désenflammé | You had extinguished |
il | il eût | Il eût désenflammé | He had extinguished |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût désenflammé | She had extinguished |
on | on eût | On eût désenflammé | One had extinguished |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes désenflammé | We had extinguished |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes désenflammé | You had extinguished |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent désenflammé | They had extinguished |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent désenflammé | They had extinguished |
Other Conjugations for Désenflammer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désenflammer
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Désenflammer – 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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