Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Introduction to the verb coucher
The English translation of the French verb coucher is “to sleep” or “to lie down.” The infinitive form of coucher is pronounced as “koo-shay.”
The origin of the word coucher comes from the Latin word “collocare,” meaning “to place” or “to arrange.” It was first used in the Middle Ages to refer to the act of laying someone down to rest or sleep. In modern French, coucher is primarily used in everyday language to mean “to go to bed” or “to sleep.”
In the Subjonctif Passé tense, coucher is used to express a past event or action that is uncertain or hypothetical. It is often used in conjunction with the past tense of “avoir” (to have) or “être” (to be). Here are three examples of its usage in this tense:
- J’espérais que tu aies couché tôt hier soir. (I hoped that you went to bed early last night.)
- Il est possible qu’elle soit couchée quand on arrive. (It’s possible that she went to bed when we arrive.)
- Nous aurions aimé que vous soyez couchés avant minuit. (We would have liked for you to have gone to bed before midnight.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of coucher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie couché | Il est possible que j’aie couché. | It’s possible I went to bed. |
tu | aies couché | Tu ne crois pas que tu aies couché. | You don’t believe you went to bed. |
il | ait couché | Il est important qu’il ait couché. | It’s important that he went to bed. |
elle | ait couché | Elle craint qu’elle ait couché. | She fears she went to bed. |
on | ait couché | On veut qu’on ait couché. | We want it to have been gone to bed. |
nous | ayons couché | Nous espérons que nous ayons couché. | We hope we went to bed. |
vous | ayez couché | Vous savez que vous ayez couché. | You know you went to bed. |
ils | aient couché | Ils pensent qu’ils aient couché. | They think they went to bed. |
elles | aient couché | Elles veulent qu’elles aient couché. | They want they went to bed. |
Other Conjugations for Coucher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coucher
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Coucher – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
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