Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Introduction to the verb cagnarder
The English translation of the French verb cagnarder is “to bask in the sun.” The infinitive form, cagnarder, is pronounced as “kah-nyar-day.”
The origin of the word cagnarder comes from the word “cagne,” which means “sunbeam” in the Occitan dialect. This word then evolved into “cagnard,” which describes someone who loves to bask in the sun for extended periods of time. Eventually, the verb form “cagnarder” was created.
In everyday French, cagnarder is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to describe a past action or state that has been completed. It is used to talk about someone who has sunbathed or spent a long time in the sun.
Here are three simple examples of cagnarder in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations:
- J’ai cagnardé toute la journée à la plage. (I basked in the sun all day at the beach.)
- Il a cagnardé pendant des heures sur la terrasse. (He basked in the sun for hours on the terrace.)
- Nous avons cagnardé pendant nos vacances en Grèce. (We basked in the sun during our vacation in Greece.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of cagnarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai cagnardé | J’ai cagnardé toute la journée. | I sunbathed all day. |
tu | as cagnardé | Tu as cagnardé hier. | You sunbathed yesterday. |
il | a cagnardé | Il a cagnardé pendant des heures. | He sunbathed for hours. |
elle | a cagnardé | Elle a cagnardé toute la matinée. | She sunbathed all morning. |
on | a cagnardé | On a cagnardé sur la plage. | We sunbathed on the beach. |
nous | avons cagnardé | Nous avons cagnardé en vacances. | We sunbathed on vacation. |
vous | avez cagnardé | Vous avez cagnardé au bord de la piscine. | You sunbathed by the pool. |
ils | ont cagnardé | Ils ont cagnardé tout l’été. | They sunbathed all summer. |
elles | ont cagnardé | Elles ont cagnardé sur le balcon. | They sunbathed on the balcony. |
Other Conjugations for Cagnarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cagnarder
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Cagnarder – 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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