Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Introduction to the verb bouteiller
The English translation of the French verb bouteiller is “to bottle” or “to be the butler”. The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced as “boo-tay-yay”.
The word bouteiller comes from the Old French word “bouteillier” which means “butler”. It is derived from the Latin word “buticularius”, which refers to a person who serves wine. In everyday French, bouteiller is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical or unreal action in the past.
Here are three examples of bouteiller used in the Subjonctif Passé tense with their English translations:
- Il faut que j’aie bouteillé le vin avant l’arrivée des invités. (I had to have bottled the wine before the guests arrived.)
- Si j’avais bouteillé le champagne, nous aurions pu célébrer notre anniversaire. (If I had bottled the champagne, we could have celebrated our anniversary.)
- Il est dommage que tu n’aies pas bouteillé la limonade hier soir. (It’s a shame that you didn’t bottle the lemonade last night.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of bouteiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie bouteillé | Je doute que j’aie bouteillé. | I doubt that I bottled. |
tu | aies bouteillé | Il faut que tu aies bouteillé. | You must have bottled. |
il | ait bouteillé | Il est possible qu’il ait bouteillé. | It’s possible he bottled. |
elle | ait bouteillé | Elle craint qu’elle ait bouteillé. | She fears she bottled. |
on | ait bouteillé | On veut qu’on ait bouteillé. | We want it to have been bottled. |
nous | ayons bouteillé | Espérons que nous ayons bouteillé. | Let’s hope we bottled. |
vous | ayez bouteillé | Il est important que vous ayez bouteillé. | It’s important that you bottled. |
ils | aient bouteillé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient bouteillé. | They doubt they bottled. |
elles | aient bouteillé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient bouteillé. | They prefer they bottled. |
Other Conjugations for Bouteiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouteiller
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Bouteiller – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
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