Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Introduction to the verb caponner
The English translation of the French verb caponner is “to caponize” or “to castrate.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “kah-poh-neh.”
The word “caponner” comes from the Old French word “capon,” which refers to a castrated rooster. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express an action that is uncertain or hypothetical in the past.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Il faut que j’aie caponné le coq avant de le mettre en rôtissoire. (It was necessary for me to have caponized the rooster before putting it on the rotisserie.)
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Il est possible que le fermier ait caponné ses poulets pour les vendre plus cher au marché. (It is possible that the farmer had caponized his chickens to sell them at a higher price at the market.)
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Je me demande si mon grand-père aurait caponné les poules quand il était plus jeune. (I wonder if my grandfather would have caponized the hens when he was younger.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of caponner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie caponné | Je souhaite que j’aie caponné. | I hope that I caponned. |
tu | aies caponné | Il est nécessaire que tu aies caponné. | It’s necessary that you caponned. |
il | ait caponné | Il doute qu’il ait caponné. | He doubts that he caponned. |
elle | ait caponné | Elle ne pense pas qu’elle ait caponné. | She doesn’t think she caponned. |
on | ait caponné | On espère qu’on ait caponné. | We hope that we caponned. |
nous | ayons caponné | Nous souhaitons que nous ayons caponné. | We hope we caponned. |
vous | ayez caponné | Vous avez peur que vous ayez caponné. | You fear that you caponned. |
ils | aient caponné | Ils espèrent qu’ils aient caponné. | They hope they caponned. |
elles | aient caponné | Elles craignent qu’elles aient caponné. | They fear they caponned. |
Other Conjugations for Caponner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caponner
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Caponner – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
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