Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Introduction to the verb déculotter
The English translation of the French verb déculotter is “to take someone’s pants down” or “to unmask someone.” The infinitive form, déculotter, is pronounced “day-koo-lo-tay.”
The word déculotter comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” which means “down” and the noun “culotte” which means “pants.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Il est temps que tu déculottes tes ennemis. (It’s time for you to unmask your enemies.)
- Je suis contente que tu aies déculotté le menteur. (I’m glad you unmasked the liar.)
- Il n’aurait pas fallu que tu déculottes le coupable sans preuve. (You shouldn’t have unmasked the guilty one without proof.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of déculotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie déculotté | Je suis heureux que j’aie déculotté. | I’m glad that I took their pants off. |
tu | aies déculotté | Il est important que tu aies déculotté. | It’s important that you took their pants off. |
il | ait déculotté | Elle doute qu’il ait déculotté. | She doubts that he took their pants off. |
elle | ait déculotté | Elle est surprise qu’elle ait déculotté. | She is surprised that she took their pants off. |
on | ait déculotté | On voudrait qu’on ait déculotté. | We would like for it to have been taken their pants off. |
nous | ayons déculotté | Nous sommes tristes que nous ayons déculotté. | We are sad that we took their pants off. |
vous | ayez déculotté | Il est possible que vous ayez déculotté. | It’s possible that you took their pants off. |
ils | aient déculotté | Ils espèrent qu’ils aient déculotté. | They hope that they took their pants off. |
elles | aient déculotté | Elles veulent qu’elles aient déculotté. | They want for them to have taken their pants off. |
Other Conjugations for Déculotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculotter
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Déculotter – 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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