Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Introduction to the verb cramponner
The English translation of the French verb cramponner is “to cling onto” or “to grasp onto.” It is pronounced as [kʁɑ̃pɔne].
The origin of the word cramponner can be traced back to the Old French word “crampon,” which means “claw” or “hook.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a wish or desire in the past, or to talk about a hypothetical situation that did not occur in the past.
Example 1:
Je souhaitais que tu te cramponnes à mes mots.
(I wished that you clung onto my words.)
Example 2:
Il aurait fallu que nous nous cramponnions plus fort.
(We should have clung onto each other more tightly.)
Example 3:
J’aurais préféré que vous ne vous cramponniez pas à cette idée.
(I would have preferred if you hadn’t clung onto that idea.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of cramponner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie cramponné | Peut-être que j’aie cramponné. | Maybe I held on. |
tu | aies cramponné | Tu veux que tu aies cramponné. | You want to have held on. |
il | ait cramponné | Il est possible qu’il ait cramponné. | It’s possible he held on. |
elle | ait cramponné | Elle refuse qu’elle ait cramponné. | She refuses to have held on. |
on | ait cramponné | On pense qu’on ait cramponné. | We think we held on. |
nous | ayons cramponné | Nous sommes contents que nous ayons cramponné. | We’re glad we held on. |
vous | ayez cramponné | Il est important que vous ayez cramponné. | It’s important that you held on. |
ils | aient cramponné | Ils espèrent qu’ils aient cramponné. | They hope they held on. |
elles | aient cramponné | Elles regrettent qu’elles aient cramponné. | They regret having held on. |
Other Conjugations for Cramponner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cramponner
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Cramponner – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
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