Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Introduction to the verb chlinguer
The English translation of the French verb chlinguer is “to stink” or “to smell bad.” The infinitive form is pronounced “shleen-guh.”
The word chlinguer is derived from the Old French word “clengier,” meaning “to soil” or “to stain.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a literary tense used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of chlinguer used in the Subjonctif Passé tense:
- Il faut que tu m’aies chlingué ta chemise hier soir. (You must have stunk up your shirt last night.)
- Je regrette que nous ayons chlingué le dîner avec ce poisson pourri. (I regret that we ruined dinner with that rotten fish.)
- J’aimerais qu’ils n’aient pas chlingué leur chambre avant notre arrivée. (I wish they hadn’t made their room stink before we arrived.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of chlinguer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie chlingué | Je doute que j’aie chlingué. | I doubt that I stank. |
tu | aies chlingué | Il faut que tu aies chlingué. | You must have stank. |
il | ait chlingué | Il est possible qu’il ait chlingué. | It’s possible he stank. |
elle | ait chlingué | Elle craint qu’elle ait chlingué. | She fears she stank. |
on | ait chlingué | On veut qu’on ait chlingué. | We want it to have been stank. |
nous | ayons chlingué | Espérons que nous ayons chlingué. | Let’s hope we stank. |
vous | ayez chlingué | Il est important que vous ayez chlingué. | It’s important that you stank. |
ils | aient chlingué | Ils doutent qu’ils aient chlingué. | They doubt they stank. |
elles | aient chlingué | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient chlingué. | They prefer they stank. |
Other Conjugations for Chlinguer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chlinguer
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Chlinguer – 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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