Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Introduction to the verb marqueter
The English translation of the French verb marqueter is “to marquetry” or “to inlay.” It is pronounced “mar-keh-tey.”
The word marqueter comes from the French word “marqueterie,” which means “marquetry.” It can be traced back to the Old French word “marqueter,” which meant “to checker” or “to mark with a pattern.”
In everyday French, marqueter is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express a past hypothetical action that occurred before another past action.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, along with their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies marqueté la table avant que les invités arrivent. (I would have liked you to have marquetried the table before the guests arrived.)
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Il était dommage qu’elle eût marqueté le sol juste avant que le chien ne le salisse à nouveau. (It was a shame she had marquetried the floor just before the dog dirtied it again.)
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Nous étions surpris qu’ils eussent déjà marqueté toutes les portes de leur maison. (We were surprised that they had already marquetried all the doors of their house.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of marqueter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse marqueté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse marqueté. | I wish I had marquetered. |
tu | eusses marqueté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses marqueté. | I wish you had marquetered. |
il | eût marqueté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût marqueté. | I wish he had marquetered. |
elle | eût marqueté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût marqueté. | I wish she had marquetered. |
on | eût marqueté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût marqueté. | I wish one had marquetered. |
nous | eussions marqueté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions marqueté. | I wish we had marquetered. |
vous | eussiez marqueté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez marqueté. | I wish you had marquetered. |
ils | eussent marqueté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent marqueté. | I wish they had marquetered. |
elles | eussent marqueté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent marqueté. | I wish they had marquetered. |
Other Conjugations for Marqueter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marqueter
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Marqueter – About the French Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Hypothetical Situations
Reported Speech
Doubt, Wishes, and Emotions
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Conditional
Summary
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