Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Introduction to the verb décamper
The English translation of the French verb décamper is “to flee” or “to take off”. The infinitive form is pronounced “day-kahm-pay”.
Décamper comes from the Latin word “decampare” which means “to break camp” or “to leave a place”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a literary tense used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that took place in the past.
Here are three simple examples of décamper used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, with their English translations:
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Il est possible que nous ayons décampé avant la tempête. (It is possible that we fled before the storm.)
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J’aurais préféré que tu aies décampé avec moi. (I would have preferred if you had taken off with me.)
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Il était nécessaire que vous ayez décampé avant que la police arrive. (It was necessary for you to have fled before the police arrived.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of décamper
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | sois décampé | Il faut que je sois décampé. | I must have left. |
tu | sois décampé | Tu veux que tu sois décampé. | You want to have left. |
il | soit décampé | Il est nécessaire qu’il soit décampé. | It’s necessary he left. |
elle | soit décampée | Elle préfère qu’elle soit décampée. | She prefers she left. |
on | soit décampé | On espère qu’on soit décampé. | We hope we left. |
nous | soyons décampés | Nous sommes contents que nous soyons décampés. | We are happy we left. |
vous | soyez décampés | Vous ne voulez pas que vous soyez décampés. | You don’t want to have left. |
ils | soient décampés | Ils craignent qu’ils soient décampés. | They fear they left. |
elles | soient décampées | Elles doutent qu’elles soient décampées. | They doubt they left. |
Other Conjugations for Décamper.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décamper
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Décamper – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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