Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Introduction to the verb coter
The English translation of the French verb coter is “to cost.” It is pronounced as “koh-teh.”
Coter comes from the Latin word “coctare,” meaning “to cook.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of coter in the Subjonctif Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
- Il est possible que ça ait coûté cher. (It is possible that it cost a lot.)
- J’aurais aimé que ça ait coûté moins. (I would have liked it to cost less.)
- Il faut que ça ait coûté une fortune. (It must have cost a fortune.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of coter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie coté | Je crains que j’aie coté. | I’m afraid I estimated. |
tu | aies coté | Il faut que tu aies coté. | You must have estimated. |
il | ait coté | Il est possible qu’il ait coté. | It’s possible he estimated. |
elle | ait coté | Elle ne pense pas qu’elle ait coté. | She doesn’t think she estimated. |
on | ait coté | On espère qu’on ait coté. | We hope we estimated. |
nous | ayons coté | Nous doutons que nous ayons coté. | We doubt we estimated. |
vous | ayez coté | Il est important que vous ayez coté. | It’s important that you estimated. |
ils | aient coté | Ils regrettent qu’ils aient coté. | They regret they estimated. |
elles | aient coté | Elles veulent qu’elles aient coté. | They want they estimated. |
Other Conjugations for Coter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coter
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Coter – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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