Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Introduction to the verb bluffer
The English translation of the French verb bluffer is “to bluff.” It is pronounced “bleuh-fay.”
The word bluffer comes from the French word “bluff,” which means “to deceive or mislead.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a past subjunctive tense used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Il est possible que je l’aie bluffé pour qu’il me donne les informations. (It is possible that I bluffed him to get the information from him.)
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Je ne savais pas que tu avais bluffé pour obtenir ce poste. (I didn’t know that you had bluffed to get this job.)
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J’espère que nous aurions bluffé pour gagner le jeu. (I hope we had bluffed to win the game.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of bluffer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie bluffé | Je doute que j’aie bluffé. | I doubt that I bluffed. |
tu | aies bluffé | Il est possible que tu aies bluffé. | It’s possible you bluffed. |
il | ait bluffé | Il faut qu’il ait bluffé. | He must have bluffed. |
elle | ait bluffé | Elle croit qu’elle ait bluffé. | She believes she bluffed. |
on | ait bluffé | On veut qu’on ait bluffé. | We want it to have been bluffed. |
nous | ayons bluffé | Nous sommes contents que nous ayons bluffé. | We’re happy we bluffed. |
vous | ayez bluffé | Il est important que vous ayez bluffé. | It’s important that you bluffed. |
ils | aient bluffé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient bluffé. | They doubt they bluffed. |
elles | aient bluffé | Elles espèrent qu’elles aient bluffé. | They hope they bluffed. |
Other Conjugations for Bluffer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bluffer
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Bluffer – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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