Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Introduction to the verb escroquer
The English translation of the French verb escroquer is “to swindle” or “to scam.” It is pronounced as “es-kro-kay.”
The word escroquer comes from the Old French word “escroquerie,” which means “fraud,” and ultimately derives from the Latin word “scorpio,” meaning “scorpion.” In everyday French, escroquer is used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about past actions or events that have been completed.
Here are three examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense, with their respective English translations:
- J’ai été escroqué par un vendeur malhonnête. (I was swindled by a dishonest seller.)
- Elle a escroqué des milliers d’euros à ses clients. (She scammed thousands of euros from her clients.)
- Nous avons été escroqués par une fausse entreprise de déménagement. (We were swindled by a fake moving company.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of escroquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai escroqué | J’ai escroqué mon patron. | I swindled my boss. |
tu | as escroqué | Tu as escroqué tes amis. | You swindled your friends. |
il | a escroqué | Il a escroqué la banque. | He swindled the bank. |
elle | a escroqué | Elle a escroqué ses clients. | She swindled her clients. |
on | a escroqué | On a escroqué les touristes. | We swindled the tourists. |
nous | avons escroqué | Nous avons escroqué nos voisins. | We swindled our neighbors. |
vous | avez escroqué | Vous avez escroqué l’entreprise. | You swindled the company. |
ils | ont escroqué | Ils ont escroqué leurs victimes. | They swindled their victims. |
elles | ont escroqué | Elles ont escroqué l’État. | They swindled the government. |
Other Conjugations for Escroquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escroquer
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Escroquer – 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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