Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Introduction to the verb bousiller
The English translation of the French verb “bousiller” is “to wreck” or “to mess up.” The infinitive form of “bousiller” is pronounced as “boo-zee-yay.”
“Bousiller” is derived from the colloquial French word “bouse,” meaning “excrement” or “dung.” It originated from the verb “bouser,” which originally meant “to fertilize with manure” and later evolved into its current meaning of “to ruin” or “to mess up.” In everyday French, “bousiller” is commonly used in the Passé Simple tense, also known as the Simple Past tense, to describe actions or events that occurred in the past.
Here are three examples of “bousiller” used in the Passé Simple tense, along with their English translations:
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Il bousilla son travail en une seule journée.
(He wrecked his work in just one day.) -
Le mauvais temps bousilla nos plans de pique-nique.
(The bad weather messed up our picnic plans.) -
L’accident bousilla la voiture complètement.
(The accident wrecked the car completely.)
Table of the Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of bousiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | bousillai | J’ai bousillai la télé. | I destroyed the TV. |
Tu | bousillas | Tu bousillas le téléphone. | You ruined the phone. |
Il | bousilla | Il bousilla la voiture. | He wrecked the car. |
Elle | bousilla | Elle bousilla son jean. | She ruined her jeans. |
On | bousilla | On bousilla la réputation. | One destroyed the reputation. |
Nous | bousillâmes | Nous bousillâmes les plans. | We messed up the plans. |
Vous | bousillâtes | Vous bousillâtes la fête. | You ruined the party. |
Ils | bousillèrent | Ils bousillèrent le projet. | They destroyed the project. |
Elles | bousillèrent | Elles bousillèrent la peinture. | They (feminine) ruined the painting. |
Other Conjugations for Bousiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller (You’re reading it right now!)
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bousiller
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Bousiller – About the French Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense
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Interactions with other tenses
Passé Composé
Imparfait
Conditional and Subjunctive
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