Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Introduction to the verb envier
The English translation of the French verb envier is “to envy”. The infinitive form is pronounced as ahn-vee-ay.
The word envier comes from the Latin word invidere, meaning “to look upon with malice”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Passé Composé (present perfect) tense, which is used to talk about actions that have been completed in the past.
Here are three simple examples of how envier is used in the Passé Composé tense, with their respective English translations:
- J’ai toujours envié sa réussite. (I have always envied his success.)
- Elle a envié sa beauté pendant des années. (She envied her beauty for years.)
- Nous avons toujours envié leur liberté de voyager. (We have always envied their freedom to travel.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of envier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai envié | J’ai envié leur bonheur. | I envied their happiness. |
tu | as envié | Tu as envié son succès. | You envied his success. |
il | a envié | Il a envié sa liberté. | He envied her freedom. |
elle | a envié | Elle a envié sa beauté. | She envied her beauty. |
on | a envié | On a envié leur richesse. | We envied their wealth. |
nous | avons envié | Nous avons envié leur voyage. | We envied their trip. |
vous | avez envié | Vous avez envié leur chance. | You envied their luck. |
ils | ont envié | Ils ont envié leur réussite. | They envied their success. |
elles | ont envié | Elles ont envié leur bonheur. | They envied their happiness. |
Other Conjugations for Envier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb envier
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Envier – 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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