Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Introduction to the verb panser
The English translation of the French verb panser is “to dress (a wound/injury).” It is pronounced as “pahn-zay.”
Panser comes from the Latin verb “pensare,” meaning “to weigh, consider, or reflect upon.” In modern French, it is most commonly used to refer to the act of dressing a wound or attending to an injury. It can also be used in a figurative sense to mean “to soothe” or “to heal.”
In the Plus-que-parfait tense, panser is conjugated as “j’avais pansé” for the first person singular, “tu avais pansé” for the second person singular, “il/elle avait pansé” for the third person singular, and so on.
Examples:
- J’avais pansé ma blessure avant d’aller au travail. (I had dressed my wound before going to work.)
- Tu avais pansé les coupures de ton fils avant qu’il ne parte en vacances. (You had tended to your son’s cuts before he left for vacation.)
- Ils avaient pansé les douleurs de leur amie en lui offrant des mots réconfortants. (They had soothed their friend’s pain by offering her comforting words.)
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of panser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais pansé | J’avais pansé ma blessure. | I had dressed my wound. |
tu | tu avais pansé | Tu avais pansé ton pied. | You had dressed your foot. |
il | il avait pansé | Il avait pansé son bras. | He had dressed his arm. |
elle | elle avait pansé | Elle avait pansé sa jambe. | She had dressed her leg. |
on | on avait pansé | On avait pansé son genou. | One had dressed their knee. |
nous | nous avions pansé | Nous avions pansé son épaule. | We had dressed their shoulder. |
vous | vous aviez pansé | Vous aviez pansé son dos. | You had dressed their back. |
ils | ils avaient pansé | Ils avaient pansé leur plaie. | They had dressed their wound. |
elles | elles avaient pansé | Elles avaient pansé son coude. | They had dressed their elbow. |
Other Conjugations for Panser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb panser
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Panser – 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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