Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Introduction to the verb décimer
The English translation of the French verb décimer is “to decimate.” It is pronounced as “day-see-may.”
Décimer comes from the Latin word “decimus” which means “one tenth.” In ancient Rome, it referred to the practice of punishing a military unit by killing every tenth soldier as a form of discipline. In modern French, it has evolved to mean “to destroy or reduce a large portion of something.”
In everyday French, décimer is most often used in the Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past perfect tense. This tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of décimer in the Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
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J’avais décimé mon équipe avant de partir en vacances.
(I had decimated my team before going on vacation.) -
Les maladies avaient décimé la population du village.
(Illnesses had decimated the population of the village.) -
La guerre avait décimé les familles, laissant derrière elles des veuves et des orphelins.
(The war had decimated families, leaving behind widows and orphans.)
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of décimer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais décimé | J’avais décimé la population. | I had decimated the population. |
tu | tu avais décimé | Tu avais décimé les ressources. | You had decimated the resources. |
il | il avait décimé | Il avait décimé l’armée ennemie. | He had decimated the enemy army. |
elle | elle avait décimé | Elle avait décimé les cultures. | She had decimated the crops. |
on | on avait décimé | On avait décimé la forêt. | One had decimated the forest. |
nous | nous avions décimé | Nous avions décimé la population animale. | We had decimated the animal population. |
vous | vous aviez décimé | Vous aviez décimé les bâtiments. | You had decimated the buildings. |
ils | ils avaient décimé | Ils avaient décimé l’ensemble du territoire. | They had decimated the entire territory. |
elles | elles avaient décimé | Elles avaient décimé les familles. | They had decimated the families. |
Other Conjugations for Décimer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
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Décimer – About the French Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense
Tense Formation
Common everyday usage patterns
Sequencing of past events
Background information
Hypothetical or reported speech
Interactions with other tenses
Summary
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