Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Introduction to the verb effacer
The English translation of the French verb effacer is “to erase” or “to delete.” It is pronounced as “eh-fah-say” in the infinitive form.
Effacer comes from the Latin word “exfacere” which means “to make disappear.” It entered the French language in the 12th century with the meaning of “to remove” or “to erase.” Today, it is most often used in everyday French to mean “to erase” in a literal sense, but it can also be used figuratively to mean “to forget” or “to make disappear.”
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, effacer is used to express a past event that happened before another past event. This tense is formed by using the subjunctive form of the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” followed by the past participle of effacer.
Example 1:
J’avais effacé toutes les photos avant que tu ne les voies.
(I had deleted all the photos before you saw them.)
Example 2:
Elle était triste que son nom soit effacé du tableau d’honneur.
(She was sad that her name had been erased from the honor roll.)
Example 3:
Nous avions peur que la mémoire de cet événement s’efface avec le temps.
(We were afraid that the memory of this event would fade with time.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of effacer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse effacé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse effacé. | I wish I had erased. |
tu | eusses effacé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses effacé. | I wish you had erased. |
il | eût effacé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût effacé. | I wish he had erased. |
elle | eût effacé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût effacé. | I wish she had erased. |
on | eût effacé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût effacé. | I wish one had erased. |
nous | eussions effacé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions effacé. | I wish we had erased. |
vous | eussiez effacé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez effacé. | I wish you had erased. |
ils | eussent effacé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent effacé. | I wish they had erased. |
elles | eussent effacé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent effacé. | I wish they had erased. |
Other Conjugations for Effacer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effacer
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Effacer – 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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