Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Introduction to the verb cauchemarder
The English translation of the French verb cauchemarder is “to have nightmares.” It is pronounced as “koh-shuh-mar-day.”
Cauchemarder comes from the Old French word “cauchemer,” which means “nightmare.” The word originated from the Latin phrase “incubus daemon,” which means “night demon.” In everyday French, cauchemarder is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a past hypothetical or uncertain action.
Here are three simple examples of the usage of cauchemarder in the Subjonctif Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
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J’ai peur qu’il ait cauchemardé cette nuit. (I’m afraid he had nightmares last night.)
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Il se peut que nous ayons cauchemardé du même monstre. (It’s possible that we both had nightmares about the same monster.)
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Elle aurait préféré ne pas avoir cauchemardé de son passé. (She would have preferred not to have nightmares about her past.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of cauchemarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie cauchemardé | Il est possible que j’aie cauchemardé. | It’s possible that I nightmared. |
tu | aies cauchemardé | Tu crains que tu aies cauchemardé. | You fear that you nightmared. |
il | ait cauchemardé | Il préfère qu’il ait cauchemardé. | He prefers he nightmared. |
elle | ait cauchemardé | Elle est contente qu’elle ait cauchemardé. | She is happy that she nightmared. |
on | ait cauchemardé | On a peur qu’on ait cauchemardé. | We are afraid we nightmared. |
nous | ayons cauchemardé | Nous sommes contents que nous ayons cauchemardé. | We are happy that we nightmared. |
vous | ayez cauchemardé | Il est temps que vous ayez cauchemardé. | It’s time that you nightmared. |
ils | aient cauchemardé | Ils sont contents qu’ils aient cauchemardé. | They are happy that they nightmared. |
elles | aient cauchemardé | Elles doutent qu’elles aient cauchemardé. | They doubt that they nightmared. |
Other Conjugations for Cauchemarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
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Cauchemarder – 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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