Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Introduction to the verb captiver
The English translation of the French verb captiver is “to captivate.” It is pronounced as [kap-tee-ve] in the infinitive form.
The word captiver comes from the Latin word “captivare,” meaning to capture or to seize. In everyday French, captiver is used in the Passé Composé (present perfect) tense to indicate an action that has been completed in the past.
Examples:
- J’ai captivé le public avec mon discours. (I captivated the audience with my speech.)
- La beauté de son chant m’a captivé(e). (The beauty of her singing captivated me.)
- Le roman de cet auteur m’a captivé jusqu’à la dernière page. (The novel of this author captivated me until the last page.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of captiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai captivé | J’ai captivé le public. | I captivated the audience. |
tu | as captivé | Tu as captivé l’auditeur. | You captivated the listener. |
il | a captivé | Il a captivé son regard. | He captivated her attention. |
elle | a captivé | Elle a captivé son esprit. | She captivated his mind. |
on | a captivé | On a captivé le spectateur. | We captivated the viewer. |
nous | avons captivé | Nous avons captivé les enfants. | We captivated the children. |
vous | avez captivé | Vous avez captivé le jury. | You captivated the jury. |
ils | ont captivé | Ils ont captivé leur public. | They captivated their audience. |
elles | ont captivé | Elles ont captivé leurs lecteurs. | They captivated their readers. |
Other Conjugations for Captiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
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Captiver – 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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