Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Introduction to the verb colorer
The English translation of the French verb colorer is “to color” or “to dye”. It is pronounced “koh-loh-reh” in the infinitive form.
The word colorer comes from the French noun couleur, meaning “color”, and the suffix -er, which is commonly used to form verbs in French. It is most often used in everyday French to talk about changing the color of something, whether through painting, dyeing, or other means.
In the Subjonctif Passé tense, colorer is used to express a possibility or hypothetical action that has already taken place in the past. Here are three examples of its usage in this tense:
- Il faut que j’aie coloré mes cheveux en rouge pour le spectacle hier soir. (I must have dyed my hair red for the show last night.)
- Il serait mieux que tu aies coloré les murs en bleu au lieu de jaune. (It would have been better if you had painted the walls blue instead of yellow.)
- J’aurais aimé que nous ayons coloré les œufs de Pâques ensemble cette année. (I wish we had dyed Easter eggs together this year.)
In all of these examples, the verb colorer is conjugated in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical action in the past. The use of this tense in French is similar to the past subjunctive in English.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of colorer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie coloré | J’aimerais que j’aie coloré. | I would like to have colored. |
tu | aies coloré | Il faut que tu aies coloré. | You must have colored. |
il | ait coloré | Il est possible qu’il ait coloré. | It’s possible he colored. |
elle | ait coloré | Elle craint qu’elle ait coloré. | She fears she colored. |
on | ait coloré | On veut qu’on ait coloré. | We want it to have been colored. |
nous | ayons coloré | Espérons que nous ayons coloré. | Let’s hope we colored. |
vous | ayez coloré | Il est important que vous ayez coloré. | It’s important that you colored. |
ils | aient coloré | Ils doutent qu’ils aient coloré. | They doubt they colored. |
elles | aient coloré | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient coloré. | They prefer they colored. |
Other Conjugations for Colorer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colorer
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Colorer – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
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