Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Introduction to the verb déplumer
The English translation of déplumer is “to pluck” or “to pluck feathers”. It is pronounced as “day-ploom-ay”.
Déplumer comes from the French words “dé” meaning “down” and “plumer” meaning “to pluck”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Composé tense, which is the equivalent of the present perfect tense in English. This tense is used to talk about past actions that are completed or have a specific time frame.
Three simple examples of déplumer in the Passé Composé tense are:
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J’ai déplumé un poulet hier soir. (I plucked a chicken last night.)
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Nous avons déplumé toutes les oies pour le dîner. (We plucked all the geese for dinner.)
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Les plumes de cet oiseau ont été déplumées pour faire des coussins. (The feathers of this bird were plucked to make cushions.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of déplumer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai déplumé | J’ai déplumé la poule. | I plucked the chicken. |
tu | as déplumé | Tu as déplumé l’oie. | You plucked the goose. |
il | a déplumé | Il a déplumé le canard. | He plucked the duck. |
elle | a déplumé | Elle a déplumé la dinde. | She plucked the turkey. |
on | a déplumé | On a déplumé le faisan. | We plucked the pheasant. |
nous | avons déplumé | Nous avons déplumé le pigeon. | We plucked the pigeon. |
vous | avez déplumé | Vous avez déplumé le coq. | You plucked the rooster. |
ils | ont déplumé | Ils ont déplumé le canard sauvage. | They plucked the wild duck. |
elles | ont déplumé | Elles ont déplumé l’autruche. | They plucked the ostrich. |
Other Conjugations for Déplumer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déplumer
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Déplumer – 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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