Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Introduction to the verb contremander
The English translation of the French verb contremander is “to countermand” or “to cancel an order”. It is pronounced as “kohn-truh-mahn-day”.
The word contremander comes from the Old French word “contremander” meaning “to recall an order”. It is formed from the prefix “contre-” meaning “against” and “mander” meaning “to order”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to indicate an action that has been completed in the past.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations:
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J’ai contremandé ma réservation au restaurant. (I cancelled my reservation at the restaurant.)
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Elle a contremandé ses instructions à la dernière minute. (She countermanded her instructions at the last minute.)
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Nous avons contremandé notre vol à cause des mauvaises conditions météorologiques. (We countermanded our flight due to bad weather conditions.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of contremander
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai contremandé | J’ai contremandé la réservation. | I cancelled the reservation. |
tu | as contremandé | Tu as contremandé ton vol. | You cancelled your flight. |
il | a contremandé | Il a contremandé la commande. | He cancelled the order. |
elle | a contremandé | Elle a contremandé le rendez-vous. | She cancelled the appointment. |
on | a contremandé | On a contremandé la réunion. | We cancelled the meeting. |
nous | avons contremandé | Nous avons contremandé le projet. | We cancelled the project. |
vous | avez contremandé | Vous avez contremandé le contrat. | You cancelled the contract. |
ils | ont contremandé | Ils ont contremandé la livraison. | They cancelled the delivery. |
elles | ont contremandé | Elles ont contremandé la réservation. | They cancelled the reservation. |
Other Conjugations for Contremander.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contremander
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Contremander – 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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