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Lesson 37 – The indicative passé antérieur in French

  1. theory
    how to form the indicative passé antérieur
    use
  2. exercises 🔥
  3. comments

Theory

a) how to form it

with auxiliary verb “ avoir ”

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

RE verb

j’

tu

il/elle/on

nous

vous

ils/elles

eus chanté

eus chanté

eut chanté

eûmes chanté

eûtes chanté

eurent chanté

eus choisi

eus choisi

eut choisi

eûmes choisi

eûtes choisi

eurent choisi

eus répondu

eus répondu

eut répondu

eûmes répondu

eûtes répondu

eurent répondu

with auxiliary verb “ être ”

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

-RE, -IR …

je

tu

il/elle/on

nous

vous

ils/elles

fus rentré

fus rentré

fut rentré

fûmes rentrés

fûtes rentrés

furent rentrés

 

fus guéri

fus guéri

fut guéri

fûmes guéri

fûtes guéri

furent guéri

fus devenu

fus devenu

fut devenu

fûmes devenus

fûtes devenus

furent devenus

b) use

the “passé antérieur” is used to express accomplished facts, mostly brief and of a fixed duration, taking place before another action in the “passé simple

Quand le robot eut terminé de lire la Bible, il inclina sa tête humaine bionique vers les étoiles

When the robot had finished  reading the Bible, it tilted its bionic human head towards the stars

Akmat sabra le salmanazar de champagne aussitôt que nous fûment rentrés dans le bunker

Akmat cracked open a Salmanazar of champagne as soon as we had entered the bunker

Exercises

Results

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#1. the indicative "passé antérieur" only makes use of the auxiliary "avoir"

#2. When Jay had finished reading the book, he ate it

#3. When we had left the cellar, creatures rubbed their furs against our halberds, we could even hear them giggling softly from outside

#4. Once we had eaten, we left the village

#5. Once they had brushed their teeth, they went to sleep

Terminer

 

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