Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) 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-ke-tay.”
The language origin of caqueter comes from the Old French word “caquet,” meaning “chatter” or “gossip.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express actions or events that may have happened in the past, but are uncertain or hypothetical. It is also used to express the speaker’s opinions or feelings about a past event.
Here are three simple examples of caqueter in the Subjonctif Passé tense, along with their English translations:
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J’ai peur que les poules aient caqueté toute la nuit. (I’m afraid the hens might have cackled all night.)
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Il est important que tu aies caqueté à ta grand-mère avant qu’elle ne soit partie. (It’s important that you cackled to your grandmother before she left.)
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Je doute que les enfants aient caqueté toute la vérité sur ce qui s’est passé. (I doubt that the children cackled the whole truth about what happened.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of caqueter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie caqueté | Je doute que j’aie caqueté. | I doubt that I cackled. |
tu | aies caqueté | Il faut que tu aies caqueté. | You must have cackled. |
il | ait caqueté | Il est possible qu’il ait caqueté. | It’s possible he cackled. |
elle | ait caqueté | Elle craint qu’elle ait caqueté. | She fears she cackled. |
on | ait caqueté | On veut qu’on ait caqueté. | We want it to have been cackled. |
nous | ayons caqueté | Espérons que nous ayons caqueté. | Let’s hope we cackled. |
vous | ayez caqueté | Il est important que vous ayez caqueté. | It’s important that you cackled. |
ils | aient caqueté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient caqueté. | They doubt they cackled. |
elles | aient caqueté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient caqueté. | They prefer they cackled. |
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 (this article)
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 Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
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