Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Introduction to the verb discompter
The English translation of the French verb discompter is “to discount” or “to make a deduction”. It is pronounced as “dees-komptay”.
Discompter comes from the Old French word “descompter”, which is derived from the Latin word “discomputare”, meaning “to deduct”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound past tense used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of discompter in the Passé Antérieur tense, with their respective English translations:
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J’eus discompté la somme avant de la payer.
(I had made a deduction from the amount before paying it.) -
Tu eus discompté ton temps pour pouvoir finir le projet à temps.
(You had discounted your time in order to finish the project on time.) -
Ils eurent discompté les frais de déplacement avant de partir.
(They had deducted the travel expenses before leaving.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of discompter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus discompté | I discounted |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus discompté | You discounted |
il | il eut | Il eut discompté | He discounted |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut discompté | She discounted |
on | on eut | On eut discompté | One discounted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes discompté | We discounted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes discompté | You discounted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent discompté | They discounted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent discompté | They discounted |
Other Conjugations for Discompter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discompter
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Discompter – 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)
Summary
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