Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Introduction to the verb clicher
The English translation of the French verb clicher is “to stereotype” or “to pigeonhole.” It comes from the word “cliché,” which means a stereotype or a cliché in English. The infinitive form of clicher is pronounced “klee-shey.”
Clicher is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Composé tense, which is the equivalent of the Present Perfect tense in English. In this tense, it is used to describe an action that has been completed in the past.
Here are three simple examples of clicher being used in the Passé Composé tense, with their English translations:
- J’ai cliché mon voisin en pensant qu’il était paresseux. (I stereotyped my neighbor by thinking he was lazy.)
- Elle a clicher tous les étudiants de cette école comme étant des fêtards. (She pigeonholed all the students from this school as party animals.)
- Nous avons tous clicher notre professeur parce qu’il est vieux, mais il est en fait très dynamique. (We all stereotyped our teacher because he is old, but he is actually very lively.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of clicher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai cliché | J’ai cliché la photo. | I took the photo. |
tu | as cliché | Tu as cliché la scène. | You took the scene. |
il | a cliché | Il a cliché le moment. | He took the moment. |
elle | a cliché | Elle a cliché le paysage. | She took the landscape. |
on | a cliché | On a cliché la ville. | We took the city. |
nous | avons cliché | Nous avons cliché l’événement. | We took the event. |
vous | avez cliché | Vous avez cliché le groupe. | You took the group. |
ils | ont cliché | Ils ont cliché la foule. | They took the crowd. |
elles | ont cliché | Elles ont cliché la nature. | They took the nature. |
Other Conjugations for Clicher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clicher
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Clicher – 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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