Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Introduction to the verb empester
The English translation of the French verb empester is “to bother” or “to annoy.” It is pronounced as [ɑ̃pɛste] in the infinitive form.
Empester comes from the Old French word “empester,” which means “to encumber” or “to weigh down.” It can be traced back to the Latin word “impeditare,” which means “to hinder” or “to obstruct.”
In everyday French, empester is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a past hypothetical action or a regret. This tense is used to describe an action that was supposed to happen in the past, but did not.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, along with their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu ne m’aies pas empesté toute la soirée. (I wish you hadn’t bothered me all evening.)
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Il aurait fallu qu’elle ne m’eût pas empesté avec ses problèmes. (She should not have bothered me with her problems.)
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Nous aurions préféré que vous ne nous eussiez pas empestés en retard. (We would have preferred if you had not bothered us by being late.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of empester
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse empesté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse empesté. | I wish I had stunk up. |
tu | eusses empesté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses empesté. | I wish you had stunk up. |
il | eût empesté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût empesté. | I wish he had stunk up. |
elle | eût empesté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût empesté. | I wish she had stunk up. |
on | eût empesté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût empesté. | I wish one had stunk up. |
nous | eussions empesté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions empesté. | I wish we had stunk up. |
vous | eussiez empesté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez empesté. | I wish you had stunk up. |
ils | eussent empesté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent empesté. | I wish they had stunk up. |
elles | eussent empesté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent empesté. | I wish they had stunk up. |
Other Conjugations for Empester.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empester
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Empester – 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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