Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Introduction to the verb calfater
The English translation of the French verb calfater is “to caulk.” The infinitive form, calfater, is pronounced “kal-fah-tay.”
Calfater comes from the Old French word “calefater,” which itself comes from the Latin word “calafactare,” meaning “to stop up with lime.” It is most often used in the context of boat building and maintenance, as caulking is the process of sealing gaps and seams in a boat to make it watertight.
In everyday French, calfater is commonly used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that has already happened. Here are three examples:
- Il est possible que j’aie calfater le bateau hier soir. (It’s possible that I caulked the boat last night.)
- Je doute qu’il ait calfater les fenêtres avant la tempête. (I doubt that he caulked the windows before the storm.)
- Il fallait que nous ayons calfater le navire avant de partir en mer. (We had to caulk the ship before setting sail.)
English translations:
- It’s possible that I caulked the boat last night.
- I doubt that he caulked the windows before the storm.
- We had to caulk the ship before setting sail.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of calfater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie calfaté | Il faut que j’aie calfaté le navire. | I must have caulked the ship. |
tu | aies calfaté | Il est important que tu aies calfaté le bateau. | It’s important that you caulked the boat. |
il | ait calfaté | Il est nécessaire qu’il ait calfaté la coque. | It’s necessary that he caulked the hull. |
elle | ait calfaté | Elle veut qu’elle ait calfaté la fissure. | She wants to have caulked the crack. |
on | ait calfaté | On exige qu’on ait calfaté toutes les fentes. | We demand that all the gaps have been caulked. |
nous | ayons calfaté | Nous souhaitons que nous ayons calfaté le pont. | We hope we caulked the deck. |
vous | ayez calfaté | Il est possible que vous ayez calfaté le bois. | It’s possible that you caulked the wood. |
ils | aient calfaté | Ils insistent qu’ils aient calfaté le mur. | They insist that they caulked the wall. |
elles | aient calfaté | Elles ont peur qu’elles aient calfaté le sol. | They are afraid that they caulked the floor. |
Other Conjugations for Calfater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb calfater
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Calfater – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
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