Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Introduction to the verb barbifier
The English translation of the French verb barbifier is “to make something sharp” or “to sharpen”. The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced “bar-bee-fee-yay”.
The word “barbifier” comes from the French word “barbe” which means “beard” and the suffix “-ifier” which means “to make” or “to become”. It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Passé Composé tense, which is the equivalent to the English Present Perfect tense.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense:
- J’ai barbifié mon couteau avant de couper les légumes. (I sharpened my knife before cutting the vegetables.)
- Elle a barbifié ses crayons avant de commencer à dessiner. (She sharpened her pencils before starting to draw.)
- Nous avons barbifié les lames de la tondeuse avant de tondre la pelouse. (We sharpened the lawnmower blades before mowing the lawn.)
In all of these examples, the action of sharpening was completed at some point in the past and has a direct effect on the present situation.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of barbifier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai barbifié | J’ai barbifié la barbe. | I barbified the beard. |
tu | as barbifié | Tu as barbifié ton look. | You barbified your look. |
il | a barbifié | Il a barbifié sa coiffure. | He barbified his hairstyle. |
elle | a barbifié | Elle a barbifié son maquillage. | She barbified her makeup. |
on | a barbifié | On a barbifié l’ambiance. | We barbified the atmosphere. |
nous | avons barbifié | Nous avons barbifié nos costumes. | We barbified our costumes. |
vous | avez barbifié | Vous avez barbifié votre image. | You barbified your image. |
ils | ont barbifié | Ils ont barbifié leur apparence. | They barbified their appearance. |
elles | ont barbifié | Elles ont barbifié leurs ongles. | They barbified their nails. |
Other Conjugations for Barbifier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb barbifier
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Barbifier – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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