Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Introduction to the verb fourber
The English translation of the French verb fourber is “to deceive” or “to trick.” The infinitive form is pronounced “foor-beh.”
The language origin of fourber can be traced back to the Latin word “fur” meaning “thief.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express actions that were completed in the past but were uncertain or hypothetical.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Il fallait que tu aies fourbi tes camarades pour gagner ce jeu. (You must have tricked your friends to win this game.)
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Nous aurions dû nous méfier de lui, il nous avait déjà fourbus auparavant. (We should have been suspicious of him, he had already deceived us before.)
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J’aurais aimé que tu l’eusses découvert plus tôt, il m’a encore fourbu avec ses mensonges. (I wish you had discovered it earlier, he tricked me again with his lies.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of fourber
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse fourbé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse fourbé. | I wish I had deceived. |
tu | eusses fourbé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses fourbé. | I wish you had deceived. |
il | eût fourbé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût fourbé. | I wish he had deceived. |
elle | eût fourbé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût fourbé. | I wish she had deceived. |
on | eût fourbé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût fourbé. | I wish one had deceived. |
nous | eussions fourbé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions fourbé. | I wish we had deceived. |
vous | eussiez fourbé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez fourbé. | I wish you had deceived. |
ils | eussent fourbé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent fourbé. | I wish they had deceived. |
elles | eussent fourbé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent fourbé. | I wish they had deceived. |
Other Conjugations for Fourber.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fourber
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Fourber – 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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