Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Introduction to the verb décimer
The English translation of décimer is “to decimate.” It is pronounced as “day-see-may” in the infinitive form.
The word décimer comes from the Latin word “decimare” which means to take a tenth or to kill one out of every ten. It was used in the Roman army as a form of punishment where one out of every ten soldiers would be killed.
In modern-day French, décimer is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense. This tense is used to express an action that may have happened in the past but did not actually occur.
Here are three simple examples of décimer in the Subjonctif Passé tense with their respective English translations:
- Il faut que nous ayons décimé cette armée. (It is necessary that we have decimated this army.)
- J’aurais aimé que tu aies décimé ces mauvaises herbes dans le jardin. (I would have liked for you to have decimated these weeds in the garden.)
- Il est possible qu’ils aient décimé les populations autochtones. (It is possible that they have decimated the indigenous populations.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of décimer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie décimé | Je crains que j’aie décimé. | I fear that I decimated. |
tu | aies décimé | Il faut que tu aies décimé. | You must have decimated. |
il | ait décimé | Il est possible qu’il ait décimé. | It’s possible he decimated. |
elle | ait décimé | Elle craint qu’elle ait décimé. | She fears she decimated. |
on | ait décimé | On veut qu’on ait décimé. | We want it to have been decimated. |
nous | ayons décimé | Espérons que nous ayons décimé. | Let’s hope we decimated. |
vous | ayez décimé | Il est important que vous ayez décimé. | It’s important that you decimated. |
ils | aient décimé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient décimé. | They doubt they decimated. |
elles | aient décimé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient décimé. | They prefer they decimated. |
Other Conjugations for Décimer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décimer
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Décimer – 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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