Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Introduction to the verb expirer
The English translation of the French verb expirer is “to expire” or “to breathe out.” The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced as “ek-spee-rer.”
The word expirer comes from the Latin word “exspirare,” which means “to breathe out.” It is a regular -er verb in French and is used to indicate the action of breathing out or reaching the end of a period of time.
In everyday French, expirer is often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about past actions or events that have recently ended. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense with their English translations:
- J’ai expiré après avoir fait mon exercice. (I breathed out after doing my exercise.)
- Le contrat a expiré hier soir. (The contract expired last night.)
- Nous avons expiré après une longue journée de travail. (We breathed out after a long day of work.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of expirer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai expiré | J’ai expiré mon dernier souffle. | I exhaled my last breath. |
tu | as expiré | Tu as expiré ton contrat. | You expired your contract. |
il | a expiré | Il a expiré hier soir. | He expired last night. |
elle | a expiré | Elle a expiré la date limite. | She expired the deadline. |
on | a expiré | On a expiré notre abonnement. | We expired our subscription. |
nous | avons expiré | Nous avons expiré notre visa. | We expired our visa. |
vous | avez expiré | Vous avez expiré le lait. | You expired the milk. |
ils | ont expiré | Ils ont expiré leur permis. | They expired their permit. |
elles | ont expiré | Elles ont expiré leur médicament. | They expired their medicine. |
Other Conjugations for Expirer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
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Expirer – 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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