Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Introduction to the verb embourber
The English translation of the French verb embourber is “to bog down/to get stuck”. The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced as ahn-boo-beh.
Embourber comes from the Old French word “emborber” which means “to plunge into a bog”. It is derived from the Latin word “in” (in) and “borb” (mud).
In everyday French, embourber is most often used in the Passé Composé tense to describe an action that has been completed in the past.
Examples:
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Je me suis embourbé dans la boue en allant au travail ce matin. (I got stuck in the mud on my way to work this morning.)
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Le tracteur s’est embourbé en essayant de traverser le champ. (The tractor got bogged down while trying to cross the field.)
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Nous nous sommes embourbés dans une discussion sans fin sur le sujet. (We got bogged down in an endless discussion about the subject.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of embourber
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai embourbé | J’ai embourbé ma voiture. | I got my car stuck in the mud. |
tu | as embourbé | Tu as embourbé ton vélo. | You got your bike stuck. |
il | a embourbé | Il a embourbé le tracteur. | He got the tractor stuck. |
elle | a embourbé | Elle a embourbé ses bottes. | She got her boots stuck. |
on | a embourbé | On a embourbé le camion. | We got the truck stuck. |
nous | avons embourbé | Nous avons embourbé nos chaussures. | We got our shoes stuck. |
vous | avez embourbé | Vous avez embourbé votre charrette. | You got your cart stuck. |
ils | ont embourbé | Ils ont embourbé le cheval. | They got the horse stuck. |
elles | ont embourbé | Elles ont embourbé le chien. | They got the dog stuck. |
Other Conjugations for Embourber.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embourber
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Embourber – 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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