Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Introduction to the verb cambuter
The English translation of the French verb cambuter is “to haggle” or “to negotiate.” It is pronounced as kɑ̃.by.te.
The language origin of cambuter can be traced back to the Latin word “cambutare,” which means “to exchange.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express actions or events that may have occurred in the past but are uncertain or hypothetical.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations, are:
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J’ai peur que nous n’ayons pas suffisamment cambuté pour obtenir une bonne affaire. (I’m afraid we didn’t haggle enough to get a good deal.)
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Il doute que j’aie cambuté avec le vendeur pour le prix de la voiture. (He doubts that I negotiated with the seller for the price of the car.)
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Je suis contente que tu aies bien cambuté pour le loyer de l’appartement. (I’m glad you negotiated well for the rent of the apartment.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of cambuter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie cambuté | Je doute que j’aie cambuté. | I doubt that I took the bus. |
tu | aies cambuté | Il faut que tu aies cambuté. | You must have taken the bus. |
il | ait cambuté | Il est possible qu’il ait cambuté. | It’s possible he took the bus. |
elle | ait cambuté | Elle craint qu’elle ait cambuté. | She fears she took the bus. |
on | ait cambuté | On veut qu’on ait cambuté. | We want it to have been taken by bus. |
nous | ayons cambuté | Espérons que nous ayons cambuté. | Let’s hope we took the bus. |
vous | ayez cambuté | Il est important que vous ayez cambuté. | It’s important that you took the bus. |
ils | aient cambuté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient cambuté. | They doubt they took the bus. |
elles | aient cambuté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient cambuté. | They prefer they took the bus. |
Other Conjugations for Cambuter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cambuter
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Cambuter – 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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