French Pluperfect Subjunctive
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The French pluperfect subjunctive is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:
Note: Like all French compound conjugations, the pluperfect subjunctive may be subject to grammatical agreement:
The French pluperfect subjunctive is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:
- imperfect subjunctive of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être)
- past participle of the main verb
Note: Like all French compound conjugations, the pluperfect subjunctive may be subject to grammatical agreement:
- When the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject
- When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its direct object
French pluperfect subjunctive conjugations | ||||
| AIMER (auxiliary verb is avoir) | ||||
| j' | eusse aimé | nous | eussions aimé | |
| tu | eusses aimé | vous | eussiez aimé | |
| il, elle | eût aimé | ils, elles | eussent aimé | |
| DEVENIR (être verb) | ||||
| je | fusse devenu(e) | nous | fussions devenu(e)s | |
| tu | fusses devenu(e) | vous | fussiez devenu(e)(s) | |
| il | fût devenu | ils | fussent devenus | |
| elle | fût devenue | elles | fussent devenues | |
| SE LAVER (pronominal verb) | ||||
| je | me fusse lavé(e) | nous | nous fussions lavé(e)s | |
| tu | te fusses lavé(e) | vous | vous fussiez lavé(e)(s) | |
| il | se fût lavé | ils | se fussent lavés | |
| elle | se fût lavée | elles | se fussent lavées | |
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