Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Introduction to the verb distancer
English translation: to distance/to move away from
Pronunciation: dee-stahn-say
Language origin: The verb distancer comes from the French word “distance”, meaning “distance”.
Most often used in everyday French in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to indicate an action that took place in the past before another action also in the past.
Examples:
- J’ai distancé mes adversaires et j’ai remporté la course. (I distanced myself from my opponents and won the race.)
- Elle a distancé ses collègues et a été promue à un poste supérieur. (She distanced herself from her colleagues and was promoted to a higher position.)
- Nous avons distancé les autres équipes et avons gagné le tournoi. (We distanced ourselves from the other teams and won the tournament.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of distancer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eus | J’eus distancé | I had distanced |
tu | tu eus | Tu eus distancé | You had distanced |
il | il eut | Il eut distancé | He had distanced |
elle | elle eut | Elle eut distancé | She had distanced |
on | on eut | On eut distancé | One had distanced |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes distancé | We had distanced |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes distancé | You had distanced |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent distancé | They had distanced |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent distancé | They had distanced |
Other Conjugations for Distancer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
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Distancer – 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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