Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Introduction to the verb effacer
The English translation of the French verb effacer is “to erase”. The infinitive form is pronounced eh-fah-say.
The word effacer comes from the Latin verb “exfacere” which means “to cancel out” or “to destroy”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Composé tense to talk about actions that have been completed in the past.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense with their English translations:
- J’ai effacé le tableau après le cours. (I erased the board after class.)
- Elle a effacé son nom de la liste des participants. (She erased her name from the list of participants.)
- Nous avons effacé toutes les données de l’ordinateur. (We erased all the data from the computer.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of effacer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai effacé | J’ai effacé mon nom de la liste. | I erased my name from the list. |
tu | as effacé | Tu as effacé la photo. | You erased the photo. |
il | a effacé | Il a effacé le message. | He erased the message. |
elle | a effacé | Elle a effacé le tableau. | She erased the board. |
on | a effacé | On a effacé les données. | We erased the data. |
nous | avons effacé | Nous avons effacé les taches. | We erased the marks. |
vous | avez effacé | Vous avez effacé l’écran. | You erased the screen. |
ils | ont effacé | Ils ont effacé les traces. | They erased the traces. |
elles | ont effacé | Elles ont effacé les mots. | They erased the words. |
Other Conjugations for Effacer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
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Effacer – 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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