Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Introduction to the verb dessuinter
The English translation of the French verb dessuinter is “to remove the soot”. The infinitive form is pronounced “deh-swin-tay”.
The word dessuinter comes from the verb suinter, which means “to ooze” or “to seep”. It is formed by adding the prefix des- which means “to remove” or “to undo”.
In everyday French, dessuinter is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past. It is equivalent to the English past perfect tense.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Antérieur tense:
- J’eus dessuinté la cheminée avant l’arrivée de mes invités. (I had removed the soot from the chimney before my guests arrived.)
- Nous eûmes dessuinté les murs de la maison avant de la repeindre. (We had removed the soot from the walls of the house before repainting it.)
- Vous eûtes dessuinté le four avant de le nettoyer. (You had removed the soot from the oven before cleaning it.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of dessuinter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse dessuinté | I had removed the snow |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses dessuinté | You had removed the snow |
il | il eût | Il eût dessuinté | He had removed the snow |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût dessuinté | She had removed the snow |
on | on eût | On eût dessuinté | One had removed the snow |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes dessuinté | We had removed the snow |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes dessuinté | You had removed the snow |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent dessuinté | They had removed the snow |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent dessuinté | They had removed the snow |
Other Conjugations for Dessuinter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dessuinter
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Dessuinter – 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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