Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Introduction to the verb glousser
English translation: to cluck, to cackle
Pronunciation: [ɡlu.se]
Language origin: Glousser comes from the Old French word “glous-,” which means “to cluck” or “to cackle.” This word is thought to be imitative of the sound chickens make.
Most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense: In everyday French, glousser is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a hypothetical or unreal situation in the past.
Example 1: Il était content que tu aies gloussé. (He was happy that you had clucked/cackled.) This example expresses a hypothetical situation in the past, indicating that the person was happy because of something that may or may not have actually happened.
Example 2: Si j’avais su, j’aurais évité de glousser. (If I had known, I would have avoided clucking/cackling.) This example also expresses a hypothetical situation in the past, indicating that the person would have acted differently if they had known something.
Example 3: Elle a cru que je n’eusse pas gloussé. (She thought that I had not clucked/cackled.) This example expresses an unreal situation in the past, indicating that the person believed something that was not true.
English translations:
- He was happy that you had clucked/cackled.
- If I had known, I would have avoided clucking/cackling.
- She thought that I had not clucked/cackled.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of glousser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse gloussé | Il est temps que je eusse gloussé. | It’s time I had giggled. |
tu | eusses gloussé | Il est temps que tu eusses gloussé. | It’s time you had giggled. |
il | eût gloussé | Il est temps qu’il eût gloussé. | It’s time he had giggled. |
elle | eût gloussé | Il est temps qu’elle eût gloussé. | It’s time she had giggled. |
on | eût gloussé | Il est temps qu’on eût gloussé. | It’s time one had giggled. |
nous | eussions gloussé | Il est temps que nous eussions gloussé. | It’s time we had giggled. |
vous | eussiez gloussé | Il est temps que vous eussiez gloussé. | It’s time you had giggled. |
ils | eussent gloussé | Il est temps qu’ils eussent gloussé. | It’s time they had giggled. |
elles | eussent gloussé | Il est temps qu’elles eussent gloussé. | It’s time they had giggled. |
Other Conjugations for Glousser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb glousser
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Glousser – 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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