Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Introduction to the verb dépailler
The English translation of the French verb dépailler is “to unthatch” or “to remove the thatch”. It is pronounced as “day-pa-yay” in the infinitive form.
Dépailler comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” which indicates removal or separation, and the noun “paille” which means straw or thatch. Therefore, dépailler can be literally translated as “to remove the straw”.
In everyday French, dépailler is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about actions that have been completed in the past. It is used to describe the action of removing the thatch from a roof or a surface.
Here are 3 simple examples of dépailler in the Passé Composé tense:
- J’ai dépaillé le toit hier. (I unthatched the roof yesterday.)
- Tu as dépaillé toute la surface ? (Did you remove all the thatch from the surface?)
- Il a dépaillé le jardin en une journée. (He removed the thatch from the garden in one day.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of dépailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai dépaillé | J’ai dépaillé le foin. | I removed the hay. |
tu | as dépaillé | Tu as dépaillé la couverture. | You removed the blanket. |
il | a dépaillé | Il a dépaillé le lit. | He removed the bed sheets. |
elle | a dépaillé | Elle a dépaillé la table. | She removed the tablecloth. |
on | a dépaillé | On a dépaillé la chaise. | We removed the chair cushion. |
nous | avons dépaillé | Nous avons dépaillé le tas de feuilles. | We removed the pile of leaves. |
vous | avez dépaillé | Vous avez dépaillé le tapis. | You removed the rug. |
ils | ont dépaillé | Ils ont dépaillé le tas de paille. | They removed the pile of straw. |
elles | ont dépaillé | Elles ont dépaillé le panier. | They removed the basket. |
Other Conjugations for Dépailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
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Dépailler – 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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