Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Introduction to the verb buter
The English translation of the French verb buter is “to collide” or “to bump into”. The infinitive form of buter is pronounced as “byoo-tay”.
Buter comes from the Latin word “buttare”, which means “to push or thrust”. In everyday French, it is often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a wish or a hypothetical situation in the past. This tense is formed by using the subjunctive form of the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three simple examples of buter in the Subjonctif Passé tense:
- Il aurait fallu que je bute contre le mur pour comprendre que j’avais tort. (I would have had to collide with the wall to understand that I was wrong.)
- J’aurais aimé que tu ne butes pas contre ce problème. (I wish you hadn’t bumped into this problem.)
- Si je n’avais pas buté sur cette pierre, je ne me serais pas blessé. (If I hadn’t bumped into this stone, I wouldn’t have hurt myself.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of buter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie buté | Je suis surpris que j’aie buté. | I’m surprised I stumbled. |
tu | aies buté | J’imagine que tu aies buté. | I imagine you stumbled. |
il | ait buté | Il est possible qu’il ait buté. | It’s possible he stumbled. |
elle | ait buté | Elle craint qu’elle ait buté. | She fears she stumbled. |
on | ait buté | On s’attend à ce qu’on ait buté. | We expect to have stumbled. |
nous | ayons buté | Espérons que nous ayons buté. | Let’s hope we stumbled. |
vous | ayez buté | Il est important que vous ayez buté. | It’s important that you stumbled. |
ils | aient buté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient buté. | They doubt they stumbled. |
elles | aient buté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient buté. | They prefer they stumbled. |
Other Conjugations for Buter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb buter
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Buter – 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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