Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Introduction to the verb empailler
The English translation of the French verb empailler is “to stuff,” “to mount,” or “to embalm.” It is pronounced as “ahm-pie-yay” in the infinitive form.
Empailler comes from the Old French word “paille,” which means “straw.” In the past, taxidermists would use straw to stuff and preserve animals, hence the origin of the verb. In modern French, it is most often used in the passé composé (present perfect) tense to talk about a completed action in the past.
Examples of empailler in the passé composé tense:
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J’ai empaillé un renard pour mon père. (I stuffed a fox for my father.)
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Elle a fait empailler son chat après sa mort. (She had her cat stuffed after its death.)
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Nous avons empaillé un sanglier pour notre musée local. (We stuffed a wild boar for our local museum.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of empailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai empaillé | J’ai empaillé un oiseau. | I stuffed a bird. |
tu | as empaillé | Tu as empaillé un lapin. | You stuffed a rabbit. |
il | a empaillé | Il a empaillé un renard. | He stuffed a fox. |
elle | a empaillé | Elle a empaillé un cerf. | She stuffed a deer. |
on | a empaillé | On a empaillé une chèvre. | We stuffed a goat. |
nous | avons empaillé | Nous avons empaillé un ours. | We stuffed a bear. |
vous | avez empaillé | Vous avez empaillé un loup. | You stuffed a wolf. |
ils | ont empaillé | Ils ont empaillé un sanglier. | They stuffed a wild boar. |
elles | ont empaillé | Elles ont empaillé un lion. | They stuffed a lion. |
Other Conjugations for Empailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
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Empailler – 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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