Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Introduction to the verb déboiser
The English translation of the French verb déboiser is “to clear (trees or forests).” It is pronounced as “day-bwah-zay” in the infinitive form.
Déboiser comes from the French word “bois,” meaning “wood,” and the prefix “dé,” which indicates removal or separation. Therefore, déboiser literally means “to remove wood.”
In everyday French, déboiser is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about an action that has been completed in the past. It is commonly used to refer to the act of clearing land or cutting down trees.
Three examples of déboiser in the Passé Composé tense are:
- Nous avons déboisé cette forêt pour construire une autoroute. (We cleared this forest to build a highway.)
- Les agriculteurs ont déboisé ces champs pour y planter des cultures. (The farmers cleared these fields to plant crops.)
- Ils ont déboisé une grande partie de la forêt avant de se rendre compte de l’impact sur l’environnement. (They cleared a large part of the forest before realizing the impact on the environment.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of déboiser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai déboisé | J’ai déboisé la forêt. | I deforested the forest. |
tu | as déboisé | Tu as déboisé le terrain. | You deforested the land. |
il | a déboisé | Il a déboisé la colline. | He deforested the hill. |
elle | a déboisé | Elle a déboisé la montagne. | She deforested the mountain. |
on | a déboisé | On a déboisé la vallée. | We deforested the valley. |
nous | avons déboisé | Nous avons déboisé la région. | We deforested the region. |
vous | avez déboisé | Vous avez déboisé le parc. | You deforested the park. |
ils | ont déboisé | Ils ont déboisé le bois. | They deforested the woods. |
elles | ont déboisé | Elles ont déboisé la campagne. | They deforested the countryside. |
Other Conjugations for Déboiser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déboiser
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Déboiser – 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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