Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Introduction to the verb bousculer
The English translation of the French verb bousculer is “to jostle” or “to push/shove roughly.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “boo-sku-ley.”
The origin of the word bousculer can be traced back to the Old French word “bosculer,” meaning “to shake” or “to move violently.” It is derived from the Latin word “vulgarisare,” which means “to push.” In everyday French, bousculer is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense, which is used to talk about actions that have been completed in the past.
Here are three simple examples of bousculer in the Passé Composé with their respective English translations:
- J’ai bousculé mon frère en courant dans le couloir. (I jostled my brother while running in the hallway.)
- Elle s’est bousculée dans la foule pour attraper le bouquet de fleurs. (She pushed her way through the crowd to catch the bouquet of flowers.)
- Nous avons bousculé notre programme pour assister à ce concert. (We rushed our schedule to attend this concert.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of bousculer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai bousculé | J’ai bousculé mon ami. | I pushed my friend. |
tu | as bousculé | Tu as bousculé le vase. | You knocked over the vase. |
il | a bousculé | Il a bousculé la femme. | He jostled the woman. |
elle | a bousculé | Elle a bousculé le chien. | She bumped into the dog. |
on | a bousculé | On a bousculé les passagers. | We pushed the passengers. |
nous | avons bousculé | Nous avons bousculé la foule. | We jostled the crowd. |
vous | avez bousculé | Vous avez bousculé le garçon. | You shoved the boy. |
ils | ont bousculé | Ils ont bousculé le meuble. | They pushed the furniture. |
elles | ont bousculé | Elles ont bousculé les règles. | They disregarded the rules. |
Other Conjugations for Bousculer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousculer
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Bousculer – 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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