Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Introduction to the verb distiller
The English translation of the French verb distiller is “to distill.” It is pronounced “dees-tee-yay.”
The word distiller comes from the Latin word “distillare,” which means “to drip down.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a past tense that indicates an action that occurred before another past action.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
- J’ai distillé du vin pour la première fois hier soir. (I had distilled wine for the first time last night.)
- Elle avait distillé ses propres huiles essentielles avant de les vendre sur le marché. (She had distilled her own essential oils before selling them at the market.)
- Ils avaient distillé leur propre whisky pendant des années avant de le commercialiser. (They had distilled their own whisky for years before commercializing it.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of distiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse distillé | I had distilled |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses distillé | You had distilled |
il | il eût | Il eût distillé | He had distilled |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût distillé | She had distilled |
on | on eût | On eût distillé | One had distilled |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes distillé | We had distilled |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes distillé | You had distilled |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent distillé | They had distilled |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent distillé | They had distilled |
Other Conjugations for Distiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
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Distiller – 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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