Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Introduction to the verb embroussailler
The English translation of the French verb embroussailler is “to tangle up” or “to get tangled”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahm-broo-say-yay”.
The verb embroussailler comes from the French word “broussaille” which means “brushwood” or “undergrowth”. It is derived from the word “brousse” which refers to a dense growth of shrubs or small trees.
In everyday French, embroussailler is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to describe an action that has already been completed in the past. It is used to express the idea of becoming tangled or getting something tangled up.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense:
- J’ai embroussaillé mes cheveux en allant à la plage. (I got my hair tangled while going to the beach.)
- Elle a embroussaillé les fils électriques en essayant de brancher l’aspirateur. (She tangled up the electrical cords while trying to plug in the vacuum cleaner.)
- Nous avons embroussaillé nos discussions avec des sujets controversés. (We got our conversations tangled up with controversial topics.)
In these examples, embroussailler is used to describe a physical entanglement (hair), a literal tangling (electrical cords), and a figurative entanglement (conversations). These actions have already been completed in the past and the focus is on the resulting state of being tangled.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of embroussailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai embroussaillé | J’ai embroussaillé mon jardin. | I overgrown my garden. |
tu | as embroussaillé | Tu as embroussaillé tes cheveux. | You tangled your hair. |
il | a embroussaillé | Il a embroussaillé la forêt. | He overgrown the forest. |
elle | a embroussaillé | Elle a embroussaillé la broussaille. | She tangled the bush. |
on | a embroussaillé | On a embroussaillé le sentier. | We overgrown the path. |
nous | avons embroussaillé | Nous avons embroussaillé la végétation. | We tangled the vegetation. |
vous | avez embroussaillé | Vous avez embroussaillé la clôture. | You overgrown the fence. |
ils | ont embroussaillé | Ils ont embroussaillé leur terrain. | They tangled their land. |
elles | ont embroussaillé | Elles ont embroussaillé leur jardin. | They overgrown their garden. |
Other Conjugations for Embroussailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
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Embroussailler – 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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