Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Introduction to the verb cafter
The English translation of the French verb “cafter” is to inform on or to snitch on. The infinitive form of “cafter” is pronounced as “kaftay”.
The verb “cafter” originated from the French colloquial language and is commonly used in everyday French to refer to the act of informing on someone, usually with negative intentions. It is often used to describe a situation where someone reports or exposes someone else’s bad behavior or secrets.
Examples of “cafter” in the Passé Simple tense with their English translations:
- Je caftai mes collègues au patron. (I snitched on my colleagues to the boss.)
- Il cafta son ami pour éviter les problèmes. (He informed on his friend to avoid trouble.)
- Elle cafta son voisin à la police pour le bruit. (She reported her neighbor to the police for the noise.)
Please note that the Passé Simple tense is a literary tense that is rarely used in spoken French today. In everyday conversation, the Passé Composé or other compound tenses are more commonly used to express past actions.
Table of the Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of cafter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | cafetai | J’cafetai sur lui. | I snitched on him. |
Tu | caftas | Tu caftas sur elle. | You snitched on her. |
Il | cafeta | Il cafeta sur eux. | He snitched on them. |
Elle | cafeta | Elle cafeta sur moi. | She snitched on me. |
On | cafeta | On cafeta sur nous. | One snitched on us. |
Nous | cafetâmes | Nous cafetâmes sur vous. | We snitched on you. |
Vous | cafetâtes | Vous cafetâtes sur elles. | You snitched on them. |
Ils | cafetèrent | Ils cafetèrent sur toi. | They snitched on you. |
Elles | cafetèrent | Elles cafetèrent sur lui. | They (feminine) snitched on him. |
Other Conjugations for Cafter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter (You’re reading it right now!)
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafter
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Cafter – About the French Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense
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Usage
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Interactions with other tenses
Passé Composé
Imparfait
Conditional and Subjunctive
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