Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Introduction to the verb endenter
The English translation of the French verb endenter is “to indent.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn-dahn-tay.”
Endenter comes from the Latin word “dentare,” meaning “to mark with teeth” or “to make notches.” In French, endenter is most commonly used in its past tense form, endenté, as well as in the Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses an action that occurred before another action in the past.
Examples of endenter in the Plus-que-parfait tense:
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J’avais endenté chaque paragraphe pour faciliter la lecture de mon essai. (I had indented each paragraph to make my essay easier to read.)
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Tu avais endenté le bord de la tarte avant de la mettre au four. (You had indented the edge of the pie before putting it in the oven.)
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Ils avaient endenté les clés pour les différencier les unes des autres. (They had indented the keys to tell them apart from each other.)
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of endenter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais endenté | J’avais endenté le bois. | I had notched the wood. |
tu | tu avais endenté | Tu avais endenté l’arbre. | You had notched the tree. |
il | il avait endenté | Il avait endenté la pierre. | He had notched the stone. |
elle | elle avait endenté | Elle avait endenté la planche. | She had notched the plank. |
on | on avait endenté | On avait endenté le tronc. | One had notched the trunk. |
nous | nous avions endenté | Nous avions endenté le bois. | We had notched the wood. |
vous | vous aviez endenté | Vous aviez endenté le tronc. | You had notched the trunk. |
ils | ils avaient endenté | Ils avaient endenté la branche. | They had notched the branch. |
elles | elles avaient endenté | Elles avaient endenté le bois. | They had notched the wood. |
Other Conjugations for Endenter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endenter
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Endenter – 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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