Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Introduction to the verb crépiter
The English translation of the French verb crépiter is “to crackle” or “to sizzle”. It is pronounced as “kreh-pee-teh”.
Crépiter comes from the Latin verb “crepitare” meaning “to rattle” or “to crackle”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense, which is used to talk about actions that have been completed in the past.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
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J’ai entendu les flammes crépiter dans la cheminée. (I heard the flames crackling in the fireplace.)
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Le bacon a crépité dans la poêle chaude. (The bacon sizzled in the hot pan.)
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Les feux d’artifice ont crépité dans le ciel pendant la célébration. (The fireworks crackled in the sky during the celebration.)
The use of crépiter in the Passé Composé tense adds a sense of action and movement to the past events being described. It is often used to describe sounds or noises, but can also be used to describe cooking or other actions that involve a crackling or sizzling sound.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of crépiter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai crépité | J’ai crépité de colère. | I crackled with anger. |
tu | as crépité | Tu as crépité de plaisir. | You crackled with pleasure. |
il | a crépité | Il a crépité de rire. | He crackled with laughter. |
elle | a crépité | Elle a crépité de froid. | She crackled with cold. |
on | a crépité | On a crépité de joie. | We crackled with joy. |
nous | avons crépité | Nous avons crépité d’impatience. | We crackled with impatience. |
vous | avez crépité | Vous avez crépité d’excitation. | You crackled with excitement. |
ils | ont crépité | Ils ont crépité de fatigue. | They crackled with fatigue. |
elles | ont crépité | Elles ont crépité de chaleur. | They crackled with heat. |
Other Conjugations for Crépiter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crépiter
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Crépiter – 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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