Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Introduction to the verb empanner
The English translation of the French verb empanner is “to jibe” or “to shift”. It is pronounced as “ehm-pa-nay”.
The origin of the word empanner can be traced back to the Latin word “pannis”, which means “cloth” or “sail”. In French, it is most commonly used in its nautical sense, meaning to shift the sails of a ship in order to change direction.
In everyday French, empanner is most often used in the passé composé (present perfect) tense to describe an action that has been completed in the past. Here are three simple examples of its usage:
- J’ai empanné le bateau pour changer de direction. (I jibed the boat to change direction.)
- Le skipper a empanné le voilier pour éviter les rochers. (The skipper jibed the sailboat to avoid the rocks.)
- Nous avons empanné le navire en pleine tempête. (We jibed the ship in the middle of a storm.)
In all of these examples, empanner is used to describe the action of shifting the sails of a boat in order to change its direction.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of empanner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai empanné | J’ai empanné le bateau. | I tacked the boat. |
tu | as empanné | Tu as empanné la voile. | You tacked the sail. |
il | a empanné | Il a empanné le navire. | He tacked the ship. |
elle | a empanné | Elle a empanné le yacht. | She tacked the yacht. |
on | a empanné | On a empanné le bateau à voile. | We tacked the sailboat. |
nous | avons empanné | Nous avons empanné la caravelle. | We tacked the caravel. |
vous | avez empanné | Vous avez empanné le voilier. | You tacked the sailboat. |
ils | ont empanné | Ils ont empanné le bateau pirate. | They tacked the pirate ship. |
elles | ont empanné | Elles ont empanné le clipper. | They tacked the clipper. |
Other Conjugations for Empanner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empanner
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Empanner – 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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