Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Introduction to the verb escarmoucher
The English translation of the French verb escarmoucher is “to skirmish” or “to fight”. It is pronounced as “es-kar-moo-shay” in its infinitive form.
The origin of escarmoucher comes from the Old French word “escarmouche”, meaning “skirmish” or “fight”. It is derived from the word “escar,” which means “defender” or “protector,” and “mouche,” which means “fly”. The verb escarmoucher is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about past actions that were completed or to describe past events that had an impact on the present.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense:
- Nous avons escarmouché toute la nuit. (We skirmished all night.)
- Les soldats ont escarmouché avec l’ennemi avant de prendre la ville. (The soldiers skirmished with the enemy before taking the city.)
- J’ai entendu que les voisins ont escarmouché hier soir. (I heard the neighbors skirmished last night.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of escarmoucher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai escarmouché | J’ai escarmouché avec mes amis. | I skirmished with my friends. |
tu | as escarmouché | Tu as escarmouché avec les ennemis. | You skirmished with the enemies. |
il | a escarmouché | Il a escarmouché dans la forêt. | He skirmished in the forest. |
elle | a escarmouché | Elle a escarmouché avec les soldats ennemis. | She skirmished with the enemy soldiers. |
on | a escarmouché | On a escarmouché sur le champ de bataille. | We skirmished on the battlefield. |
nous | avons escarmouché | Nous avons escarmouché tout l’après-midi. | We skirmished all afternoon. |
vous | avez escarmouché | Vous avez escarmouché contre l’ennemi. | You skirmished against the enemy. |
ils | ont escarmouché | Ils ont escarmouché dans les montagnes. | They skirmished in the mountains. |
elles | ont escarmouché | Elles ont escarmouché avec les archers. | They skirmished with the archers. |
Other Conjugations for Escarmoucher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
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Escarmoucher – 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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