Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Introduction to the verb bifurquer
The English translation of the French verb bifurquer is “to fork” or “to split.” It is pronounced “bee-fur-kay.”
Bifurquer comes from the Latin word “bifurcare,” which means “to divide into two branches.” It entered the French language in the 15th century and is derived from the prefix “bi-” meaning “two” and the verb “furquer” meaning “to fork.”
In everyday French, bifurquer is most often used in the Passé Composé tense to describe an action that has happened in the past and is now completed. It is commonly used to talk about roads or paths splitting into two directions, but it can also be used in a more figurative sense to describe a split or division in ideas or opinions.
Three examples of bifurquer in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations are:
- Nous avons bifurqué à droite pour arriver au lac. (We forked to the right to reach the lake.)
- Il a bifurqué vers la finance après avoir étudié l’histoire. (He veered towards finance after studying history.)
- Le groupe s’est bifurqué en deux factions après le départ du leader. (The group split into two factions after the leader’s departure.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of bifurquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai bifurqué | J’ai bifurqué à droite. | I turned right. |
tu | as bifurqué | Tu as bifurqué à gauche. | You turned left. |
il | a bifurqué | Il a bifurqué à l’intersection. | He turned at the intersection. |
elle | a bifurqué | Elle a bifurqué sur la route principale. | She turned onto the main road. |
on | a bifurqué | On a bifurqué vers le sud. | We turned towards the south. |
nous | avons bifurqué | Nous avons bifurqué à la bifurcation. | We turned at the fork. |
vous | avez bifurqué | Vous avez bifurqué sur le chemin de terre. | You turned onto the dirt road. |
ils | ont bifurqué | Ils ont bifurqué à plusieurs reprises. | They turned multiple times. |
elles | ont bifurqué | Elles ont bifurqué vers la montagne. | They turned towards the mountain. |
Other Conjugations for Bifurquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bifurquer
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Bifurquer – 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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