Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Introduction to the verb conjecturer
The English translation of the French verb conjecturer is “to conjecture” or “to speculate.” It is pronounced as “kohn-jek-tuh-ray.”
The word conjecturer comes from the Latin verb “conjecturare,” meaning “to surmise” or “to guess.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Imparfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical or uncertain action or idea in the past.
Here are three examples of how conjecturer is used in the Subjonctif Imparfait tense:
- Si j’avais su, j’aurais pu conjecturer la vérité. (If I had known, I could have speculated the truth.)
- Il fallait que tu conjectures la fin de l’histoire. (You needed to speculate the end of the story.)
- Je doutais qu’il conjecturât la réponse correcte. (I doubted that he was speculating the correct answer.)
Table of the Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of conjecturer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | conjecturasse | Si j’étais plus intelligent, je conjecturasse mieux. | If I were smarter, I would conjecture better. |
tu | conjecturasses | Si tu lisais plus, tu conjecturasses plus vite. | If you read more, you would conjecture faster. |
il | conjecturât | Il serait content si il conjecturât correctement. | He would be happy if he conjectured correctly. |
elle | conjecturât | Elle serait surprise si elle conjecturât la réponse. | She would be surprised if she conjectured the answer. |
on | conjecturât | Si on conjecturât ensemble, on trouverait la solution. | If one conjectured together, one would find the solution. |
nous | conjecturassions | Si nous conjecturassions tous les jours, nous progresserions. | If we conjectured every day, we would make progress. |
vous | conjecturassiez | Si vous conjecturassiez ensemble, vous trouveriez une réponse. | If you conjectured together, you would find an answer. |
ils | conjecturassent | S’ils conjecturassent ensemble, ils trouveraient une solution. | If they conjectured together, they would find a solution. |
elles | conjecturassent | Si elles conjecturassent plus souvent, elles auraient plus de connaissances. | If they conjectured more often, they would have more knowledge. |
Other Conjugations for Conjecturer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer (this article)
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conjecturer
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Conjecturer – About the French Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Subjonctif Présent
Indicatif Passé Composé
Conditional
Conditional Perfect
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