Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Introduction to the verb détrôner
The English translation of détrôner is “to dethrone” and it is pronounced as “day-troh-nay” in its infinitive form.
Détrôner comes from the Old French word “destroenier” which means “to remove from a throne” and it ultimately derives from the Latin word “destronare” meaning “to throw down from a throne.”
In everyday French, détrôner is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a compound tense used to talk about an action that took place before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Subjonctif Imparfait tense followed by the past participle of the verb.
Examples of détrôner in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies déjà détrôné le tyran avant qu’il ne fasse plus de mal à notre peuple. (I would have liked for you to have already dethroned the tyrant before he could do more harm to our people.)
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Si seulement nous étions arrivés à temps pour que nous ayons détrôné le roi avant qu’il ne commette l’irréparable. (If only we had arrived on time so that we could have dethroned the king before he committed the irreparable.)
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Il semble que le rebelle ait déjà détrôné la reine et pris le contrôle du royaume. (It seems that the rebel has already dethroned the queen and taken control of the kingdom.)
English translations:
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I would have liked that you had already dethroned the tyrant before he could do more harm to our people.
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If only we had arrived on time so that we could have dethroned the king before he committed the irreparable.
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It seems that the rebel has already dethroned the queen and taken control of the kingdom.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of détrôner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse détrôné | Il était important que je eusse détrôné le roi. | It was important that I had dethroned the king. |
tu | eusses détrôné | Il était important que tu eusses détrôné le roi. | It was important that you had dethroned the king. |
il | eût détrôné | Il était important qu’il eût détrôné le roi. | It was important that he had dethroned the king. |
elle | eût détrôné | Il était important qu’elle eût détrôné le roi. | It was important that she had dethroned the king. |
on | eût détrôné | Il était important qu’on eût détrôné le roi. | It was important that one had dethroned the king. |
nous | eussions détrôné | Il était important que nous eussions détrôné le roi. | It was important that we had dethroned the king. |
vous | eussiez détrôné | Il était important que vous eussiez détrôné le roi. | It was important that you had dethroned the king. |
ils | eussent détrôné | Il était important qu’ils eussent détrôné le roi. | It was important that they had dethroned the king. |
elles | eussent détrôné | Il était important qu’elles eussent détrôné le roi. | It was important that they had dethroned the king. |
Other Conjugations for Détrôner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
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Détrôner – 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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