Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Introduction to the verb autocensurer
The English translation of the French verb autocensurer is “to self-censor”. It is pronounced as “oh-toh-sahn-suh-ray”.
The verb autocensurer comes from the Latin words “auto”, meaning “self”, and “censura”, meaning “censorship”. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the act of censoring oneself, either by refraining from saying or expressing something or by modifying one’s words or actions in order to avoid causing offense or controversy.
In the Subjonctif Passé tense, autocensurer is conjugated as “que je me sois autocensuré/e, que tu te sois autocensuré/e, qu’il/elle se soit autocensuré/e, que nous nous soyons autocensuré/e/s, que vous vous soyez autocensuré/e/s, qu’ils/elles se soient autocensuré/e/s”. This tense is used to express an action that may have happened in the past, but it is uncertain or doubtful.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Passé tense:
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J’ai peur que je me sois autocensuré lors de mon discours. (I’m afraid that I may have self-censored during my speech.)
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Il faut que tu te sois autocensuré pour ne pas blesser ses sentiments. (You must have self-censored in order not to hurt her feelings.)
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Ils ne croyaient pas qu’ils se soient autocensurés dans leur article. (They didn’t believe that they had self-censored in their article.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of autocensurer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | me sois autocensuré(e) | Je suis surprise que je me sois autocensurée. | I’m surprised that I censored myself. |
tu | te sois autocensuré(e) | Il est possible que tu te sois autocensuré. | It’s possible you censored yourself. |
il | se soit autocensuré | Il est important qu’il se soit autocensuré. | It’s important he censored himself. |
elle | se soit autocensurée | Elle doute qu’elle se soit autocensurée. | She doubts she censored herself. |
on | se soit autocensuré | Il faut qu’on se soit autocensuré. | We must have censored ourselves. |
nous | nous soyons autocensuré(e)s | Vous préfèreriez que nous nous soyons autocensurés. | You would prefer that we censored ourselves. |
vous | vous soyez autocensuré(e)s | Il est possible que vous vous soyez autocensurés. | It’s possible you censored yourselves. |
ils | se soient autocensurés | Ils croient qu’ils se soient autocensurés. | They believe they censored themselves. |
elles | se soient autocensurées | Elles ont peur qu’elles se soient autocensurées. | They are afraid they censored themselves. |
Other Conjugations for Autocensurer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb autocensurer
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Autocensurer – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
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