Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Introduction to the verb cancaner
The English translation of the French verb cancaner is “to gossip” or “to spread rumors”. It is pronounced as “kahn-kah-nay”.
The language origin of cancaner is from the French word “cancan”, which means “gossip” or “scandal”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a verb tense used to express actions or events that are uncertain or hypothetical in the past.
Here are three examples of cancaner in the Subjonctif Passé tense with their English translations:
- Il est possible qu’ils aient cancané sur nous hier soir. (It is possible that they gossiped about us last night.)
- Je doute qu’elle ait cancané à propos de sa nouvelle amie. (I doubt that she gossiped about her new friend.)
- Il est dommage qu’ils aient cancané sur elle sans même la connaître. (It’s a shame that they gossiped about her without even knowing her.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of cancaner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie cancané | Je suis contente que j’aie cancané. | I’m glad I gossiped. |
tu | aies cancané | Il est dommage que tu aies cancané. | It’s too bad you gossiped. |
il | ait cancané | Il est possible qu’il ait cancané. | It’s possible he gossiped. |
elle | ait cancané | Elle veut qu’elle ait cancané. | She wants her to have gossiped. |
on | ait cancané | On suggère qu’on ait cancané. | We suggest we gossiped. |
nous | ayons cancané | Il est presque certain que nous ayons cancané. | It’s almost certain we gossiped. |
vous | ayez cancané | Il est important que vous ayez cancané. | It’s important that you gossiped. |
ils | aient cancané | Ils sont contents qu’ils aient cancané. | They are glad they gossiped. |
elles | aient cancané | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient cancané. | They prefer they gossiped. |
Other Conjugations for Cancaner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
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Cancaner – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
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Future tense
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