Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Introduction to the verb déguiser
The English translation of the French verb déguiser is “to disguise.” It is pronounced as “deh-gee-zay.”
Déguiser is a regular -er verb that comes from the Old French word “deguisier,” meaning “to disguise.” It can be traced back to the Latin word “disquaesere,” which means “to seek in different directions.”
In everyday French, déguiser 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 formed with the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle déguisé.
Here are three simple examples of déguiser in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations:
- J’ai déguisé mon chien pour la fête d’Halloween. (I disguised my dog for the Halloween party.)
- Nous avons déguisé nos enfants en pirates pour le carnaval. (We disguised our children as pirates for the carnival.)
- Ils ont déguisé leur voiture pour qu’elle ressemble à une voiture de course. (They disguised their car to make it look like a race car.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of déguiser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai déguisé | J’ai déguisé mon chat pour Halloween. | I dressed up my cat for Halloween. |
tu | as déguisé | Tu as déguisé ton frère en cowboy. | You dressed up your brother as a cowboy. |
il | a déguisé | Il a déguisé son chien en lion. | He dressed up his dog as a lion. |
elle | a déguisé | Elle a déguisé sa fille en princesse. | She dressed up her daughter as a princess. |
on | a déguisé | On a déguisé notre groupe en zombies. | We dressed up our group as zombies. |
nous | avons déguisé | Nous avons déguisé la maison en maison hantée. | We dressed up the house as a haunted house. |
vous | avez déguisé | Vous avez déguisé vos enfants pour le carnaval. | You dressed up your children for the carnival. |
ils | ont déguisé | Ils ont déguisé leurs amis en vampires. | They dressed up their friends as vampires. |
elles | ont déguisé | Elles ont déguisé leur chat en sorcière. | They dressed up their cat as a witch. |
Other Conjugations for Déguiser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiser
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Déguiser – 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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