Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Introduction to the verb aggraver
The English translation of the French verb aggraver is “to aggravate” or “to worsen”. The infinitive form is pronounced “ah-grah-vay”.
The word aggraver comes from the Latin word “aggravare”, which means “to make heavier”. It entered the French language in the 15th century and has been used to describe worsening or intensifying a situation ever since.
In everyday French, aggraver is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action or state in the past.
Example 1: Il est possible que son comportement ait aggravé la situation.
Translation: It is possible that his behavior worsened the situation.
Example 2: Je doute que ces mesures aient aggravé la crise économique.
Translation: I doubt that these measures worsened the economic crisis.
Example 3: J’aurais préféré que tu ne l’aies pas aggraver en lui disant la vérité.
Translation: I would have preferred that you had not aggravated it by telling him the truth.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of aggraver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie aggravé | Il est improbable que j’aie aggravé la situation. | It’s unlikely that I made the situation worse. |
tu | aies aggravé | Je ne pense pas que tu aies aggravé les choses. | I don’t think you worsened things. |
il | ait aggravé | Il est possible qu’il ait aggravé la maladie. | It’s possible he worsened the illness. |
elle | ait aggravé | Elle craint qu’elle ait aggravé la situation. | She fears she made the situation worse. |
on | ait aggravé | On espère qu’on ait aggravé le problème. | We hope we made the problem worse. |
nous | ayons aggravé | Il est important que nous ayons aggravé la situation. | It’s important that we made the situation worse. |
vous | ayez aggravé | Je vous conseille de ne pas avoir aggravé la situation. | I advise you not to have made the situation worse. |
ils | aient aggravé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient aggravé la situation. | They doubt they made the situation worse. |
elles | aient aggravé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient aggravé la situation. | They prefer they made the situation worse. |
Other Conjugations for Aggraver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
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Aggraver – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
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