Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Introduction to the verb décontaminer
The English translation of décontaminer is “to decontaminate” or “to sanitize.” It is pronounced as “day-kohn-tah-mee-nay.”
Décontaminer comes from the French words “dé” (meaning “to undo”) and “contaminer” (meaning “to contaminate”). It is a regular -er verb and is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to indicate an action that has been completed in the past.
Examples:
- J’ai décontaminé ma cuisine hier. (I decontaminated my kitchen yesterday.)
- Elle a décontaminé ses mains avant de préparer le repas. (She decontaminated her hands before preparing the meal.)
- Nous avons décontaminé la zone après l’incident. (We decontaminated the area after the incident.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of décontaminer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai décontaminé | J’ai décontaminé la salle. | I decontaminated the room. |
tu | as décontaminé | Tu as décontaminé l’eau. | You decontaminated the water. |
il | a décontaminé | Il a décontaminé le sol. | He decontaminated the floor. |
elle | a décontaminé | Elle a décontaminé la nourriture. | She decontaminated the food. |
on | a décontaminé | On a décontaminé la zone. | We decontaminated the area. |
nous | avons décontaminé | Nous avons décontaminé les outils. | We decontaminated the tools. |
vous | avez décontaminé | Vous avez décontaminé les vêtements. | You decontaminated the clothes. |
ils | ont décontaminé | Ils ont décontaminé les surfaces. | They decontaminated the surfaces. |
elles | ont décontaminé | Elles ont décontaminé les mains. | They decontaminated the hands. |
Other Conjugations for Décontaminer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décontaminer
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Décontaminer – 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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