Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Introduction to the verb billancher
The English translation of the French verb billancher is “to whitewash”. The infinitive form of billancher is pronounced as “bee-lawn-shay”.
The word billancher comes from the Old French word “bel” (white) and “lance” (to throw), and originally referred to the act of throwing or brushing a white liquid onto a surface. Over time, it evolved to specifically refer to the act of coating a surface with a white lime mixture, and eventually became synonymous with the modern meaning of whitewashing.
In everyday French, billancher is most often used in the Passé Composé tense, which is the French equivalent of the Present Perfect tense in English. This tense is used to talk about past actions or events that have been completed or have happened at a specific point in time.
Three simple examples of billancher in the Passé Composé tense are:
- J’ai billanché les murs de ma maison hier. (I whitewashed the walls of my house yesterday.)
- Elle a billanché les poteaux de clôture ce matin. (She whitewashed the fence posts this morning.)
- Nous avons billanché la façade de l’église la semaine dernière. (We whitewashed the facade of the church last week.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of billancher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai billanché | J’ai billanché sur le sol. | I slid across the floor. |
tu | as billanché | Tu as billanché sur la glace. | You slid on the ice. |
il | a billanché | Il a billanché dans la boue. | He slid in the mud. |
elle | a billanché | Elle a billanché sur la neige. | She slid on the snow. |
on | a billanché | On a billanché sur les rochers. | We slid on the rocks. |
nous | avons billanché | Nous avons billanché sur la piste. | We slid on the track. |
vous | avez billanché | Vous avez billanché sur le toboggan. | You slid on the slide. |
ils | ont billanché | Ils ont billanché sur la montagne. | They slid on the mountain. |
elles | ont billanché | Elles ont billanché sur le tapis. | They slid on the carpet. |
Other Conjugations for Billancher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
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Billancher – 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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