Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Introduction to the verb dépayser
The English translation of the French verb dépayser is “to feel disoriented”. The infinitive form, dépayser, is pronounced as “day-pah-ee-zay”.
Dépayser comes from the French word “pays”, meaning “country” or “region”, and the prefix “dé-“, which denotes a reversal or change. Literally, dépayser means “to remove from one’s country or region”.
In everyday French, dépayser is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to describe a feeling of being out of one’s element or surroundings. It can also be used in the sense of being transported to a different place mentally or emotionally.
Examples:
- J’ai été dépaysé lors de mon voyage en Asie. (I felt disoriented during my trip to Asia.)
- Elle s’est sentie dépaysée après avoir emménagé dans une nouvelle ville. (She felt out of place after moving to a new city.)
- Nous avons été dépaysés par la culture étrangère lors de notre échange en Espagne. (We were disoriented by the foreign culture during our exchange in Spain.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of dépayser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai dépaysé | J’ai dépaysé mes amis. | I disoriented my friends. |
tu | as dépaysé | Tu as dépaysé tes parents. | You disoriented your parents. |
il | a dépaysé | Il a dépaysé sa famille. | He disoriented his family. |
elle | a dépaysé | Elle a dépaysé son conjoint. | She disoriented her partner. |
on | a dépaysé | On a dépaysé nos voisins. | We disoriented our neighbors. |
nous | avons dépaysé | Nous avons dépaysé nos collègues. | We disoriented our colleagues. |
vous | avez dépaysé | Vous avez dépaysé vos amis. | You disoriented your friends. |
ils | ont dépaysé | Ils ont dépaysé leur équipe. | They disoriented their team. |
elles | ont dépaysé | Elles ont dépaysé leurs enfants. | They disoriented their children. |
Other Conjugations for Dépayser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépayser
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Dépayser – 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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