Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Introduction to the verb déguiller
The English translation of the French verb déguiller is “to unravel” or “to untangle.” It is pronounced as “day-gee-yay.”
The word déguiller comes from the Old French word “guiller,” meaning “to twist,” and the prefix “de-” which indicates a reversal or undoing. Therefore, déguiller literally means “to un-twist.” In everyday French, déguiller is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical or unrealized action in the past.
Here are three examples of déguiller in the Subjonctif Passé tense with their English translations:
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Il aurait fallu que je déguille les fils avant de les brancher. (I should have untangled the wires before plugging them in.)
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Nous aurions dû déguiller la situation avant qu’elle ne devienne incontrôlable. (We should have unraveled the situation before it became uncontrollable.)
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Il aurait été préférable que tu déguilles tes sentiments dès le début. (It would have been better if you had untangled your feelings from the beginning.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of déguiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie déguillé | Je doute que j’aie déguillé. | I doubt that I unscrewed. |
tu | aies déguillé | Il faut que tu aies déguillé. | You must have unscrewed. |
il | ait déguillé | Il est possible qu’il ait déguillé. | It’s possible he unscrewed. |
elle | ait déguillé | Elle craint qu’elle ait déguillé. | She fears she unscrewed. |
on | ait déguillé | On veut qu’on ait déguillé. | We want it to have been unscrewed. |
nous | ayons déguillé | Espérons que nous ayons déguillé. | Let’s hope we unscrewed. |
vous | ayez déguillé | Il est important que vous ayez déguillé. | It’s important that you unscrewed. |
ils | aient déguillé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient déguillé. | They doubt they unscrewed. |
elles | aient déguillé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient déguillé. | They prefer they unscrewed. |
Other Conjugations for Déguiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déguiller
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Déguiller – 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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