Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Introduction to the verb décimer
The English translation of the French verb décimer is “to decimate.” It is pronounced as “dey-see-mey” in the infinitive form.
The word “décimer” originates from the Latin word “decimare,” which means “to take one tenth.” It was originally used in the context of Roman military discipline, where every tenth soldier in a unit would be chosen by lot and put to death as a form of punishment. In modern French, it has come to mean “to destroy or drastically reduce a large part of something.”
In everyday French, décimer is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense, which is formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir” and the past participle “décimé.” Some common examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Les maladies ont décimé la population de ce village. (Diseases have decimated the population of this village.)
- La guerre a décimé les rangs de l’armée. (The war has decimated the ranks of the army.)
- La tempête a décimé la récolte de cette année. (The storm has decimated this year’s harvest.)
In all of these examples, the past action of decimating has a direct effect on the present situation. It emphasizes the destruction or drastic reduction of something in the recent past.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of décimer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai décimé | J’ai décimé la population. | I decimated the population. |
tu | as décimé | Tu as décimé l’armée ennemie. | You decimated the enemy army. |
il | a décimé | Il a décimé les cultures. | He decimated the crops. |
elle | a décimé | Elle a décimé la ville. | She decimated the city. |
on | a décimé | On a décimé les ressources. | We decimated the resources. |
nous | avons décimé | Nous avons décimé la forêt. | We decimated the forest. |
vous | avez décimé | Vous avez décimé la flotte. | You decimated the fleet. |
ils | ont décimé | Ils ont décimé la faune. | They decimated the wildlife. |
elles | ont décimé | Elles ont décimé l’industrie. | They decimated the industry. |
Other Conjugations for Décimer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
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Décimer – 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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