Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Introduction to the verb boetter
The English translation of the French verb “boetter” is “to apologize.” It is pronounced as “bwet-eh.”
The word “boetter” is derived from the Old French word “boter” which means “to push” or “to thrust.” Over time, it evolved to mean “to apologize” in modern French. It is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express actions that may have happened in the past but are uncertain or hypothetical.
Examples:
- Je doute qu’il ait boetté pour son comportement. (I doubt he apologized for his behavior.)
- Il est possible que j’aie boetté trop tard. (It’s possible that I apologized too late.)
- Nous aurions boetté si nous avions su la vérité. (We would have apologized if we had known the truth.)
English translations:
- I doubt he apologized for his behavior.
- It’s possible that I apologized too late.
- We would have apologized if we had known the truth.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of boetter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie boetté | Je doute que j’aie boetté. | I doubt that I boetted. |
tu | aies boetté | Il faut que tu aies boetté. | You must have boetted. |
il | ait boetté | Il est possible qu’il ait boetté. | It’s possible he boetted. |
elle | ait boetté | Elle craint qu’elle ait boetté. | She fears she boetted. |
on | ait boetté | On veut qu’on ait boetté. | We want it to have been boetted. |
nous | ayons boetté | Espérons que nous ayons boetté. | Let’s hope we boetted. |
vous | ayez boetté | Il est important que vous ayez boetté. | It’s important that you boetted. |
ils | aient boetté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient boetté. | They doubt they boetted. |
elles | aient boetté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient boetté. | They prefer they boetted. |
Other Conjugations for Boetter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boetter
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Boetter – 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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