Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Introduction to the verb adjectiver
The English translation of the French verb adjectiver is “to adjective.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “ah-deck-tee-vay.”
The word “adjectiver” comes from the Latin word “adjectivus,” meaning “added” or “adjective.” In everyday French, it is most often used to describe or modify a noun by adding an adjective. In the Subjonctif Passé tense, it is used to express a possibility or potential action that has already happened in the past.
Examples:
- J’aurais aimé qu’il ait adjectivé ma chemise. (I would have liked him to have adjectived my shirt.) This sentence expresses the speaker’s desire for someone to have described or modified their shirt in the past.
- Il est dommage que tu n’aies pas adjectivé ton discours. (It is a shame that you did not adjective your speech.) Here, the speaker is expressing regret that the other person did not add any descriptions or modifiers to their speech.
- Nous sommes heureux que vous ayez adjectivé nos photos. (We are happy that you adjective our photos.) In this sentence, the speaker is expressing their satisfaction that someone has added descriptions or modifications to their photos.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of adjectiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie adjectivé | Je doute que j’aie adjectivé cette chose. | I doubt that I adjectivized this thing. |
tu | aies adjectivé | Il faut que tu aies adjectivé ce livre. | You must have adjectivized this book. |
il | ait adjectivé | Il est possible qu’il ait adjectivé cette voiture. | It’s possible he adjectivized this car. |
elle | ait adjectivé | Elle craint qu’elle ait adjectivé cet endroit. | She fears she adjectivized this place. |
on | ait adjectivé | On veut qu’on ait adjectivé cette maison. | We want it to have been adjectivized. |
nous | ayons adjectivé | Espérons que nous ayons adjectivé ces objets. | Let’s hope we adjectivized these objects. |
vous | ayez adjectivé | Il est important que vous ayez adjectivé cette situation. | It’s important that you adjectivized this situation. |
ils | aient adjectivé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient adjectivé ces personnes. | They doubt they adjectivized these people. |
elles | aient adjectivé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient adjectivé ces vêtements. | They prefer they adjectivized these clothes. |
Other Conjugations for Adjectiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adjectiver
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Adjectiver – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
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