Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Introduction to the verb escrimer
The English translation of the French verb escrimer is “to fence.” It is pronounced es-kreem-eh.
Escrimer comes from the Old French word “esgrimer,” which originated from the Latin word “excriminare,” meaning “to explain or interpret.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past subjunctive tense. This tense is used to express a wish, a hypothetical situation, or something that could have happened in the past but did not.
Here are three simple examples of escrimer in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with their English translations:
- Il aurait fallu que je m’escrime pour gagner ce match. (I would have had to fence to win this match.)
- Si j’avais pu, j’aurais aimé qu’il s’escrime avec moi. (If I could, I would have liked for him to fence with me.)
- Il aurait préféré que nous ne nous escrimions pas contre nos amis. (He would have preferred for us not to have fenced against our friends.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of escrimer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse escrimé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse escrimé. | I wish I had fenced. |
tu | eusses escrimé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses escrimé. | I wish you had fenced. |
il | eût escrimé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût escrimé. | I wish he had fenced. |
elle | eût escrimé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût escrimé. | I wish she had fenced. |
on | eût escrimé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût escrimé. | I wish one had fenced. |
nous | eussions escrimé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions escrimé. | I wish we had fenced. |
vous | eussiez escrimé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez escrimé. | I wish you had fenced. |
ils | eussent escrimé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent escrimé. | I wish they had fenced. |
elles | eussent escrimé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent escrimé. | I wish they had fenced. |
Other Conjugations for Escrimer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escrimer
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Escrimer – 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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