Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Introduction to the verb filtrer
The English translation of the French verb filtrer is “to filter.” It is pronounced “fee-truh-lay” in its infinitive form.
Filtrer comes from the Latin word “filtrare” which means “to strain through a filter.” It is most often used in everyday French to mean to pass a substance through a filter to remove impurities or to sift through a large amount of information to find something specific.
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, filtrer is used to express a hypothetical action that would have been completed in the past. Here are three examples of its usage in this tense:
- J’aurais aimé que tu aies filtré le jus avant de le boire. (I wish you had filtered the juice before drinking it.)
- Il était temps que nous ayons filtré toutes ces données inutiles. (It was time we had filtered all these unnecessary data.)
- Elle aurait préféré que je n’aie pas filtré ses messages privés. (She would have preferred that I didn’t filter her private messages.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of filtrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse filtré | J’aurais aimé que je eusse filtré. | I wish I had filtered. |
tu | eusses filtré | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses filtré. | I wish you had filtered. |
il | eût filtré | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût filtré. | I wish he had filtered. |
elle | eût filtré | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût filtré. | I wish she had filtered. |
on | eût filtré | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût filtré. | I wish one had filtered. |
nous | eussions filtré | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions filtré. | I wish we had filtered. |
vous | eussiez filtré | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez filtré. | I wish you had filtered. |
ils | eussent filtré | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent filtré. | I wish they had filtered. |
elles | eussent filtré | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent filtré. | I wish they had filtered. |
Other Conjugations for Filtrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filtrer
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Filtrer – 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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