Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Introduction to the verb désengorger
The English translation of the French verb désengorger is “to unclog” or “to clear out.” It is pronounced as “day-zahng-gor-zhay” in the infinitive form.
The word désengorger comes from the French prefix “dés-” meaning “to remove” and the word engorger, meaning “to clog or congest.” It is most commonly used in everyday French to describe the action of clearing out or unclogging something, such as a drain or a congested area.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, désengorger is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the Passé Simple tense, followed by the past participle of désengorger.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Les plombiers eurent désengorgé les canalisations avant que la maison ne soit inondée. (The plumbers had unclogged the pipes before the house was flooded.)
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Nous fûmes désengorgés de la foule grâce à l’intervention de la police. (We were cleared out of the crowd thanks to the police’s intervention.)
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Les médecins eurent désengorgé ses artères, mais il était déjà trop tard. (The doctors had cleared out his arteries, but it was already too late.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of désengorger
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse désengorgé | I had unclogged |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses désengorgé | You had unclogged |
il | il eût | Il eût désengorgé | He had unclogged |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût désengorgé | She had unclogged |
on | on eût | On eût désengorgé | One had unclogged |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes désengorgé | We had unclogged |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes désengorgé | You had unclogged |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent désengorgé | They had unclogged |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent désengorgé | They had unclogged |
Other Conjugations for Désengorger.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désengorger
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Désengorger – 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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