Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Introduction to the verb extravaguer
The English translation of the French verb extravaguer is “to go overboard” or “to be excessive”. It is pronounced as [ɛkstraɡave].
Extravaguer comes from the Latin word “extravagare”, meaning “to wander outside the bounds”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses an action that would have taken place before another action in the past, and is often used in conditional or hypothetical sentences.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with the respective English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu n’aies pas tant extravaguer lors de cette soirée. (I wish you hadn’t gone overboard at that party.)
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Si nous avions su que nos parents allaient nous rendre visite, nous n’aurions pas autant extravaguer avec notre budget ce mois-ci. (If we had known our parents were coming to visit, we wouldn’t have been so excessive with our budget this month.)
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Il aurait été mieux que je n’aie pas extravaguer avec mes achats avant de partir en vacances. (It would have been better if I hadn’t been excessive with my shopping before going on vacation.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of extravaguer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse extravagé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse extravagé. | I wish I had been extravagant. |
tu | eusses extravagé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses extravagé. | I wish you had been extravagant. |
il | eût extravagé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût extravagé. | I wish he had been extravagant. |
elle | eût extravagé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût extravagé. | I wish she had been extravagant. |
on | eût extravagé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût extravagé. | I wish one had been extravagant. |
nous | eussions extravagé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions extravagé. | I wish we had been extravagant. |
vous | eussiez extravagé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez extravagé. | I wish you had been extravagant. |
ils | eussent extravagé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent extravagé. | I wish they had been extravagant. |
elles | eussent extravagé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent extravagé. | I wish they had been extravagant. |
Other Conjugations for Extravaguer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb extravaguer
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Extravaguer – 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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