Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Introduction to the verb fausser
The English translation of the French verb fausser is “to distort” or “to falsify.” The infinitive form is pronounced “fose-ay.”
The word fausser comes from the Old French verb “fals” meaning “to falsify” and can be traced back to the Latin word “falsus,” meaning “deceitful” or “false.”
In everyday French, fausser is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to describe an action that has been completed in the past, but still has an impact on the present. It is often used in a negative context to describe something that has been altered or manipulated in an incorrect or dishonest way.
Examples:
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J’ai faussé mes résultats pour obtenir le poste. (I falsified my results to get the job.)
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Les journalistes ont faussé l’information pour créer une fausse histoire. (The journalists distorted the information to create a false story.)
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Nous avons tous été faussés par ses mensonges. (We have all been deceived by his lies.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of fausser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai faussé | J’ai faussé les résultats. | I falsified the results. |
tu | as faussé | Tu as faussé le témoignage. | You falsified the testimony. |
il | a faussé | Il a faussé les documents. | He falsified the documents. |
elle | a faussé | Elle a faussé les preuves. | She falsified the evidence. |
on | a faussé | On a faussé le marché. | We manipulated the market. |
nous | avons faussé | Nous avons faussé les chiffres. | We manipulated the numbers. |
vous | avez faussé | Vous avez faussé les faits. | You falsified the facts. |
ils | ont faussé | Ils ont faussé les résultats. | They falsified the results. |
elles | ont faussé | Elles ont faussé les comptes. | They falsified the accounts. |
Other Conjugations for Fausser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fausser
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Fausser – 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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