Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Introduction to the verb empercher
The English translation of the French verb empercher is “to prevent” or “to hinder.” It is pronounced as “ahn-pehr-shay.”
The word empercher comes from the Old French word “empescher,” which means “to hinder” or “to impede.” It is derived from the Latin word “impedicare,” which has the same meaning.
In everyday French, the verb empercher is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which expresses a wish, a possibility, or a hypothetical situation in the past.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense with their respective English translations:
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J’aimerais que tu aies empêché cette situation. (I wish you had prevented this situation.)
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Il se peut que les manifestations aient empêché la tenue du concert. (It is possible that the protests prevented the concert from taking place.)
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Nous aurions aimé que la pluie nous ait empêchés de sortir. (We would have liked the rain to have prevented us from going out.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of empercher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie empêché | Je doute que j’aie empêché. | I doubt that I prevented. |
tu | aies empêché | Il faut que tu aies empêché. | You must have prevented. |
il | ait empêché | Il est possible qu’il ait empêché. | It’s possible he prevented. |
elle | ait empêché | Elle craint qu’elle ait empêché. | She fears she prevented. |
on | ait empêché | On veut qu’on ait empêché. | We want it to have been prevented. |
nous | ayons empêché | Espérons que nous ayons empêché. | Let’s hope we prevented. |
vous | ayez empêché | Il est important que vous ayez empêché. | It’s important that you prevented. |
ils | aient empêché | Ils doutent qu’ils aient empêché. | They doubt they prevented. |
elles | aient empêché | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient empêché. | They prefer they prevented. |
Other Conjugations for Empercher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empercher
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Empercher – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
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