Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Introduction to the verb chiquer
The English translation of the French verb chiquer is “to chew.” It is pronounced “shee-kay.”
The language origin of chiquer comes from the Latin word “cicer,” meaning chickpea. In old French, the word “chiquer” was used to describe the action of chewing on a chickpea, and eventually evolved to mean chewing in general.
In everyday French, chiquer is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical action or possibility that has already happened in the past. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
- Il faut que j’aie chiqué du chewing-gum hier soir. (I must have chewed gum last night.)
- J’aurais aimé que tu aies chiqué ta viande avant de l’avaler. (I would have liked for you to have chewed your meat before swallowing it.)
- Il est possible qu’elle ait chiqué un bout de papier sans s’en rendre compte. (It’s possible that she chewed a piece of paper without realizing it.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of chiquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie chiqué | Il est possible que j’aie chiqué. | It’s possible that I chewed. |
tu | aies chiqué | Il est vrai que tu aies chiqué. | It’s true that you chewed. |
il | ait chiqué | Il est important qu’il ait chiqué. | It’s important that he chewed. |
elle | ait chiqué | Elle prétend qu’elle ait chiqué. | She claims she chewed. |
on | ait chiqué | On doute qu’on ait chiqué. | We doubt we chewed. |
nous | ayons chiqué | C’est dommage que nous ayons chiqué. | It’s a shame we chewed. |
vous | ayez chiqué | Il est possible que vous ayez chiqué. | It’s possible that you chewed. |
ils | aient chiqué | Ils craignent qu’ils aient chiqué. | They fear they chewed. |
elles | aient chiqué | Elles regrettent qu’elles aient chiqué. | They regret they chewed. |
Other Conjugations for Chiquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiquer
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Chiquer – 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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