Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Introduction to the verb démanteler
The English translation of the French verb démanteler is “to dismantle.” The infinitive form is pronounced “day-mahn-tuh-lay.”
Démanteler comes from the Latin word “dismantellare” which means “to remove the coverings of a building.” In French, it is most often used in its past tense form, démantelé, to indicate that something has been taken apart or dismantled.
In everyday French, démanteler in the plus-que-parfait tense indicates an action that was completed before another past action. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb avoir or être in the imparfait tense, followed by the past participle démantelé.
Here are three examples of démanteler in the plus-que-parfait tense, with their English translations:
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J’avais démantelé la vieille étagère avant de monter la nouvelle. (I had dismantled the old shelf before putting up the new one.)
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Elle était déjà démantelée quand j’ai acheté la maison. (It had already been dismantled when I bought the house.)
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Les ouvriers avaient démantelé le pont en quelques heures. (The workers had dismantled the bridge in just a few hours.)
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of démanteler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais démantelé | J’avais démantelé le système. | I had dismantled the system. |
tu | tu avais démantelé | Tu avais démantelé l’organisation. | You had dismantled the organization. |
il | il avait démantelé | Il avait démantelé le groupe. | He had dismantled the group. |
elle | elle avait démantelé | Elle avait démantelé la machine. | She had dismantled the machine. |
on | on avait démantelé | On avait démantelé le réseau. | One had dismantled the network. |
nous | nous avions démantelé | Nous avions démantelé l’entreprise. | We had dismantled the company. |
vous | vous aviez démantelé | Vous aviez démantelé le système. | You had dismantled the system. |
ils | ils avaient démantelé | Ils avaient démantelé le cartel. | They had dismantled the cartel. |
elles | elles avaient démantelé | Elles avaient démantelé l’organisation. | They had dismantled the organization. |
Other Conjugations for Démanteler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
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Démanteler – 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
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