Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Introduction to the verb caqueter
The English translation of the French verb caqueter is “to cackle”. It is pronounced “kah-keh-teh”.
The language origin of caqueter can be traced back to the Latin word “cacare”, meaning “to defecate”. Over time, it evolved to become “cacher”, meaning “to chatter” or “to babble”. In the 16th century, it evolved again to become “caqueter”, specifically referring to the sound of a chicken’s cackle.
In everyday French, caqueter is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a past action that was hypothetical, uncertain or conditional. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the plus-que-parfait tense, followed by the past participle of caqueter.
Here are three examples of caqueter used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
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J’aurais aimé que tu ne caquetasses pas pendant notre réunion.
(I wish you hadn’t cackled during our meeting.) -
Elle aurait voulu que nous ayons caqueté ensemble comme avant.
(She would have liked us to cackle together like before.) -
Si j’avais su qu’il allait caqueter à tout le monde, je ne l’aurais pas invité.
(If I had known he would cackle to everyone, I wouldn’t have invited him.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of caqueter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression que je eusse caqueté. | I felt like I had clucked. |
tu | eusses caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression que tu eusses caqueté. | I felt like you had clucked. |
il | eût caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression qu’il eût caqueté. | I felt like he had clucked. |
elle | eût caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression qu’elle eût caqueté. | I felt like she had clucked. |
on | eût caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression qu’on eût caqueté. | I felt like one had clucked. |
nous | eussions caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression que nous eussions caqueté. | I felt like we had clucked. |
vous | eussiez caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression que vous eussiez caqueté. | I felt like you had clucked. |
ils | eussent caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression qu’ils eussent caqueté. | I felt like they had clucked. |
elles | eussent caqueté | J’ai eu l’impression qu’elles eussent caqueté. | I felt like they had clucked. |
Other Conjugations for Caqueter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caqueter
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Caqueter – 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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