Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Introduction to the verb congédier
The English translation of congédier is “to dismiss” or “to fire.” It is pronounced as “kohn-zhey-dyey” in its infinitive form.
Congédier comes from the French word “congé,” meaning “leave” or “permission,” and the suffix “-ier,” which is used to form verbs. In everyday French, congédier is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express an action that could have happened in the past, but did not.
Examples of congédier in the Subjonctif Passé tense are:
- Il aurait fallu que je le congédie plus tôt. (I should have dismissed him earlier.)
- Nous aurions préféré qu’elle ne soit pas congédiée. (We would have preferred her not to be fired.)
- Il est possible qu’ils aient été congédiés à cause de leur mauvaise performance. (It is possible that they were dismissed because of their poor performance.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of congédier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie congédié | Il est possible que j’aie congédié. | It’s possible I dismissed. |
tu | aies congédié | Il faut que tu aies congédié ton employé. | You must have dismissed your employee. |
il | ait congédié | Il doute qu’il ait congédié son directeur. | He doubts he dismissed his manager. |
elle | ait congédié | Elle regrette qu’elle ait congédié son assistant. | She regrets she dismissed her assistant. |
on | ait congédié | On veut qu’on ait congédié le personnel. | We want the staff to have been dismissed. |
nous | ayons congédié | Nous espérons que nous ayons congédié le chef. | We hope we dismissed the chef. |
vous | ayez congédié | Vous devez vous assurer que vous ayez congédié les employés. | You must make sure you dismissed the employees. |
ils | aient congédié | Ils doutent qu’ils aient congédié les travailleurs. | They doubt they dismissed the workers. |
elles | aient congédié | Elles regrettent qu’elles aient congédié leurs employeurs. | They regret they dismissed their employers. |
Other Conjugations for Congédier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb congédier
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Congédier – 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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