Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Introduction to the verb décapiter
The English translation of the French verb décapiter is “to decapitate.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “deh-ka-pee-tey.”
Décapiter comes from the Latin word “decapitare,” meaning “to behead.” It is a transitive verb and 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.
Here are three simple examples of décapiter used in the Passé Composé tense:
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J’ai décapité le poulet pour le dîner. (I decapitated the chicken for dinner.)
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Les révolutionnaires ont décapité le roi pendant la Révolution française. (The revolutionaries decapitated the king during the French Revolution.)
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L’assassin a décapité sa victime avant de s’enfuir. (The assassin decapitated his victim before fleeing.)
Overall, décapiter is a strong and violent verb that is used to describe the act of beheading someone or something. It is most often used in historical or fictional contexts, but can also be used metaphorically to describe the destruction or removal of something important or central.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of décapiter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai décapité | J’ai décapité le roi. | I beheaded the king. |
tu | as décapité | Tu as décapité l’ennemi. | You beheaded the enemy. |
il | a décapité | Il a décapité le criminel. | He beheaded the criminal. |
elle | a décapité | Elle a décapité le traître. | She beheaded the traitor. |
on | a décapité | On a décapité le chef. | We beheaded the leader. |
nous | avons décapité | Nous avons décapité le monstre. | We beheaded the monster. |
vous | avez décapité | Vous avez décapité le dragon. | You beheaded the dragon. |
ils | ont décapité | Ils ont décapité l’ennemi. | They beheaded the enemy. |
elles | ont décapité | Elles ont décapité le criminel. | They beheaded the criminal. |
Other Conjugations for Décapiter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
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Décapiter – 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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