Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Introduction to the verb déjouer
The English translation of the French verb déjouer is “to foil” or “to thwart.” It is pronounced as “day-zhwey.”
Déjouer comes from the Old French word desjouer, which means “to deceive” or “to outwit.” It is derived from the Latin words dis (apart) and iocus (joke or trick).
In everyday French, déjouer is used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about an action that was completed in the past. It is often used to describe someone or something that has successfully prevented a plan or action from being successful.
Example 1: J’ai déjoué ses plans. (I foiled his plans.)
Example 2: Elle a déjoué tous ses ennemis. (She thwarted all her enemies.)
Example 3: Nous avons déjoué la tentative de sabotage. (We foiled the sabotage attempt.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of déjouer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai déjoué | J’ai déjoué ses plans. | I thwarted his plans. |
tu | as déjoué | Tu as déjoué son attaque. | You foiled his attack. |
il | a déjoué | Il a déjoué le piège. | He outsmarted the trap. |
elle | a déjoué | Elle a déjoué le complot. | She uncovered the plot. |
on | a déjoué | On a déjoué les prévisions. | We disproved the predictions. |
nous | avons déjoué | Nous avons déjoué les adversaires. | We outplayed the opponents. |
vous | avez déjoué | Vous avez déjoué les tentatives. | You frustrated the attempts. |
ils | ont déjoué | Ils ont déjoué les plans ennemis. | They foiled the enemy’s plans. |
elles | ont déjoué | Elles ont déjoué les obstacles. | They overcame the obstacles. |
Other Conjugations for Déjouer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
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Déjouer – 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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