Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Introduction to the verb guillemeter
The English translation of the French verb guillemeter is “to put inside quotation marks.” It is pronounced as “gee-yuh-meh-tay.”
The word guillemeter comes from the noun guillemet, which refers to the angled quotation marks used in French (« »). The verb guillemeter is most often used in the Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past perfect tense in English. This tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of guillemeter in the Plus-que-parfait tense:
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J’avais déjà guillemeté les titres des articles avant de les publier. (I had already put quotation marks around the article titles before publishing them.)
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Il avait guillemeté les mots qu’il avait empruntés à son professeur. (He had put quotation marks around the words he had borrowed from his teacher.)
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Nous avions guillemeté les paroles de la chanson pour montrer qu’elles n’étaient pas les nôtres. (We had put quotation marks around the lyrics of the song to show that they were not ours.)
In each of these examples, the verb guillemeter is used to indicate that something was put inside quotation marks before a past action took place.
Table of the Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of guillemeter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’avais guillemeté | J’avais guillemeté mes citations. | I had put quotation marks around my quotes. |
tu | tu avais guillemeté | Tu avais guillemeté tes répliques. | You had put quotation marks around your lines. |
il | il avait guillemeté | Il avait guillemeté le passage. | He had put quotation marks around the passage. |
elle | elle avait guillemeté | Elle avait guillemeté la phrase. | She had put quotation marks around the sentence. |
on | on avait guillemeté | On avait guillemeté le dialogue. | One had put quotation marks around the dialogue. |
nous | nous avions guillemeté | Nous avions guillemeté la citation. | We had put quotation marks around the quote. |
vous | vous aviez guillemeté | Vous aviez guillemeté le texte. | You had put quotation marks around the text. |
ils | ils avaient guillemeté | Ils avaient guillemeté le discours. | They had put quotation marks around the speech. |
elles | elles avaient guillemeté | Elles avaient guillemeté la phrase. | They had put quotation marks around the sentence. |
Other Conjugations for Guillemeter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter (this article)
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb guillemeter
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Guillemeter – 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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