Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Introduction to the verb contreventer
The English translation of the French verb contreventer is “to brace against” or “to protect against strong winds.” The infinitive form, contreventer, is pronounced “kohn-treh-vahn-teh.”
The origin of contreventer comes from the French word “vent,” meaning “wind,” and the prefix “contre,” meaning “against.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express actions that may have happened in the past but are not certain or confirmed.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Il faut que nous ayons contreventé les fenêtres avant la tempête. (It is necessary that we braced the windows before the storm.)
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Je doute qu’ils aient contreventé leur maison contre les vents violents. (I doubt that they protected their house against the strong winds.)
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Il est possible que le toit ait été contreventé, mais il a quand même été endommagé par la tempête. (It is possible that the roof was braced, but it was still damaged by the storm.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of contreventer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie contreventé | Je doute que j’aie contreventé. | I doubt that I (have) countered. |
tu | aies contreventé | Il faut que tu aies contreventé. | You must have countered. |
il | ait contreventé | Il est possible qu’il ait contreventé. | It’s possible he countered. |
elle | ait contreventé | Elle craint qu’elle ait contreventé. | She fears she countered. |
on | ait contreventé | On veut qu’on ait contreventé. | We want it to have been countered. |
nous | ayons contreventé | Espérons que nous ayons contreventé. | Let’s hope we countered. |
vous | ayez contreventé | Il est important que vous ayez contreventé. | It’s important that you countered. |
ils | aient contreventé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient contreventé. | They doubt they countered. |
elles | aient contreventé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient contreventé. | They prefer they countered. |
Other Conjugations for Contreventer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contreventer
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Contreventer – 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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