Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Introduction to the verb clairsemer
The English translation of the French verb clairsemer is “to thin out.” The infinitive form of clairsemer is pronounced as “klehr-seh-mey.”
The verb clairsemer comes from the combination of two words: “clair” meaning “clear” or “sparse,” and “semer” meaning “to sow” or “to scatter.” Together, clairsemer means “to scatter or sow sparsely.”
In everyday French, the Passé Simple tense is rarely used in spoken language and is mostly reserved for formal or written contexts. The Passé Simple tense is typically used to describe completed actions in the past.
Here are three examples of clairsemer in the Passé Simple tense, along with their English translations:
- J’éclairsemis le champ hier. (I thinned out the field yesterday.)
- Tu éclairsemas les carottes la semaine dernière. (You thinned out the carrots last week.)
- Il/Elle/On éclairsema les arbres ce matin. (He/She/One thinned out the trees this morning.)
Please note that the usage of clairsemer in the Passé Simple tense is quite uncommon in everyday spoken French.
Table of the Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of clairsemer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | clairsemai | J’ai clairsemé les graines dans le jardin. | I thinly sowed the seeds in the garden. |
Tu | clairsemas | Tu clairsemas les cheveux de ta sœur. | You thinly scattered your sister’s hair. |
Il | clairsema | Il clairsema les arbres du parc. | He sparsely planted the trees in the park. |
Elle | clairsema | Elle clairsema les fleurs dans le pot. | She scattered the flowers sparsely in the pot. |
On | clairsema | On clairsema les champs avec des semences. | One sparsely sowed the fields with seeds. |
Nous | clairsemâmes | Nous clairsemâmes les pommiers. | We sparsely planted the apple trees. |
Vous | clairsemâtes | Vous clairsemâtes le gazon dans le jardin. | You thinly sowed the grass in the garden. |
Ils | clairsemèrent | Ils clairsemèrent les nuages dans le ciel. | They sparsely scattered the clouds in the sky. |
Elles | clairsemèrent | Elles clairsemèrent les légumes dans le potager. | They (feminine) thinly sowed the vegetables in the vegetable garden. |
Other Conjugations for Clairsemer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer (You’re reading it right now!)
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clairsemer
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Clairsemer – 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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