Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Introduction to the verb enrhumer
The English translation of the French verb enrhumer is “to give someone a cold” or “to catch a cold.” It is pronounced as “an-room-ay” in the infinitive form.
Enrhumer comes from the French word “rhume,” which means “cold.” It also has roots in the Latin word “rhumus,” meaning “watery discharge from the nose.”
Enrhumer is most often used in everyday French in the Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past perfect tense. This tense is used to describe an action that happened before another past action or point in time.
Here are 3 examples of enrhumer being used in the Plus-que-parfait tense:
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J’avais déjà enrhumé mon frère avant même de me rendre compte que j’étais malade.
English translation: I had already given my brother a cold before realizing that I was sick. -
Il avait enrhumé toute sa famille en toussant et en éternuant sans se couvrir la bouche.
English translation: He had given his whole family a cold by coughing and sneezing without covering his mouth. -
Nous avions enrhumé nos amis en leur faisant des bisous alors que nous étions malades.
English translation: We had given our friends a cold by kissing them while we were sick.
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of enrhumer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais enrhumé | J’avais enrhumé mon neveu. | I had given my nephew a cold. |
tu | tu avais enrhumé | Tu avais enrhumé ta soeur. | You had given your sister a cold. |
il | il avait enrhumé | Il avait enrhumé son frère. | He had given his brother a cold. |
elle | elle avait enrhumé | Elle avait enrhumé sa mère. | She had given her mother a cold. |
on | on avait enrhumé | On avait enrhumé notre professeur. | One had given our teacher a cold. |
nous | nous avions enrhumé | Nous avions enrhumé nos amis. | We had given our friends a cold. |
vous | vous aviez enrhumé | Vous aviez enrhumé vos collègues. | You had given your colleagues a cold. |
ils | ils avaient enrhumé | Ils avaient enrhumé leurs enfants. | They had given their children a cold. |
elles | elles avaient enrhumé | Elles avaient enrhumé leurs parents. | They had given their parents a cold. |
Other Conjugations for Enrhumer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enrhumer
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Enrhumer – About the French Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense
Tense Formation
Common everyday usage patterns
Sequencing of past events
Background information
Hypothetical or reported speech
Interactions with other tenses
Summary
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