Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Introduction to the verb embéguiner
The English translation of the French verb embéguiner is “to fool” or “to trick.” It is pronounced as “ahm-bay-gee-nay.”
The language origin of embéguiner comes from the French word “béguin,” which means “hood” or “head covering.” In the past, it was common for people to wear a hood or head covering as a disguise when fooling or tricking someone. Over time, the verb “embéguiner” evolved to mean the act of tricking or deceiving someone.
In everyday French, embéguiner is most often used in the Passé Composé tense, which is equivalent to the present perfect tense in English. This tense is used to describe an action that was completed in the past.
Here are three simple examples of using embéguiner in the Passé Composé tense, with their English translations:
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J’ai embéguiné mon frère en lui faisant croire que j’avais cassé sa console de jeu. (I fooled my brother by making him believe that I had broken his gaming console.)
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Elle s’est embéguinée en achetant une voiture d’occasion qui avait de nombreux problèmes. (She was tricked when she bought a used car that had many issues.)
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Nous nous sommes embéguinés en acceptant de travailler gratuitement pour cette entreprise. (We were fooled by agreeing to work for free for this company.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of embéguiner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | me suis embéguiné(e) | Je me suis embéguiné(e) de toi. | I fell in love with you. |
tu | t’es embéguiné(e) | Tu t’es embéguiné(e) pour elle. | You fell in love with her. |
il | s’est embéguiné | Il s’est embéguiné pour elle. | He fell in love with her. |
elle | s’est embéguinée | Elle s’est embéguinée de lui. | She fell in love with him. |
on | s’est embéguiné(e)s | On s’est embéguiné(e)s entre eux. | We fell in love with each other. |
nous | nous sommes embéguiné(e)s | Nous sommes embéguiné(e)s de lui. | We fell in love with him. |
vous | vous êtes embéguiné(e)s | Vous êtes embéguiné(e)s l’un pour l’autre. | You fell in love with each other. |
ils | se sont embéguinés | Ils se sont embéguinés pour elle. | They fell in love with her. |
elles | se sont embéguinées | Elles se sont embéguinées pour lui. | They fell in love with him. |
Other Conjugations for Embéguiner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embéguiner
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Embéguiner – 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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