Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Introduction to the verb cabotiner
The English translation of cabotiner is “to play the fool” or “to show off”. It is pronounced as “ka-boh-tee-nay”.
The word cabotiner is derived from the French noun “cabotin” which means “an actor who overacts or overplays their role”. It was first used in the 19th century and comes from the verb “caboter” which means “to make a small boat sail along the coast instead of going out to the open sea”.
In everyday French, cabotiner is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a wish, desire or a possibility that has already happened in the past. It is used in more formal or literary contexts and is often accompanied by the conjunction “que”.
Examples:
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Il aurait préféré que je ne cabotine pas devant ses amis. (He would have preferred that I didn’t show off in front of his friends.)
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Je suis heureux que vous ayez arrêté de cabotiner en classe. (I am glad that you have stopped fooling around in class.)
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Bien qu’elle ait cabotiné toute la soirée, elle n’a pas réussi à attirer l’attention de son crush. (Even though she showed off all evening, she couldn’t get her crush’s attention.)
English translations:
- He would have preferred that I didn’t show off in front of his friends.
- I am glad that you have stopped fooling around in class.
- Even though she showed off all evening, she couldn’t get her crush’s attention.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of cabotiner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie cabotiné | Je souhaite que j’aie cabotiné. | I wish I had hammed it up. |
tu | aies cabotiné | Je doute que tu aies cabotiné. | I doubt you hammed it up. |
il | ait cabotiné | Il est possible qu’il ait cabotiné. | It’s possible he hammed it up. |
elle | ait cabotiné | Elle craint qu’elle ait cabotiné. | She fears she hammed it up. |
on | ait cabotiné | On veut qu’on ait cabotiné. | We want it to have been hammed up. |
nous | ayons cabotiné | Espérons que nous ayons cabotiné. | Let’s hope we hammed it up. |
vous | ayez cabotiné | Il est important que vous ayez cabotiné. | It’s important that you hammed it up. |
ils | aient cabotiné | Ils doutent qu’ils aient cabotiné. | They doubt they hammed it up. |
elles | aient cabotiné | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient cabotiné. | They prefer they hammed it up. |
Other Conjugations for Cabotiner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cabotiner
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Cabotiner – 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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