Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Introduction to the verb bornoyer
The English translation of the French verb bornoyer is “to squint” or “to glance askance”. It is pronounced “bohr-nwah-yey”.
Bornoyer comes from the French word “borne”, meaning “limit” or “boundary”, and the suffix “-oyer”, which is often used to form verbs and means “to look or watch”. Therefore, bornoyer literally means “to look at the boundary”. It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a literary tense used to express uncertainty or doubt about a past action.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Passé tense:
- Il fallait que je bornoyasse pour voir le panneau de signalisation. (It was necessary for me to squint to see the road sign.)
- Elle doutait qu’il eût bornoyé pour éviter le soleil dans ses yeux. (She doubted that he had squinted to avoid the sun in his eyes.)
- J’avais peur qu’il n’eût bornoyé pour cacher sa véritable intention. (I was afraid that he had squinted to hide his true intention.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of bornoyer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie bornoyé | Je doute que j’aie bornoyé. | I doubt that I squinted. |
tu | aies bornoyé | Il faut que tu aies bornoyé. | You must have squinted. |
il | ait bornoyé | Il est possible qu’il ait bornoyé. | It’s possible he squinted. |
elle | ait bornoyé | Elle craint qu’elle ait bornoyé. | She fears she squinted. |
on | ait bornoyé | On veut qu’on ait bornoyé. | We want it to have been squinted. |
nous | ayons bornoyé | Espérons que nous ayons bornoyé. | Let’s hope we squinted. |
vous | ayez bornoyé | Il est important que vous ayez bornoyé. | It’s important that you squinted. |
ils | aient bornoyé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient bornoyé. | They doubt they squinted. |
elles | aient bornoyé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient bornoyé. | They prefer they squinted. |
Other Conjugations for Bornoyer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bornoyer
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Bornoyer – 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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