Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Introduction to the verb démailler
The English translation of the French verb démailler is “to unravel” or “to untangle”. It is pronounced “day-may-yay” in its infinitive form.
Démailler comes from the French prefix “dé-” meaning “undo” and the verb “mailler” meaning “to mesh” or “to entangle”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a literary tense used to express actions that have already happened but are uncertain or hypothetical.
Some examples of démailler in the Subjonctif Passé tense are:
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Il est temps que tu aies démaillé tes problèmes et que tu avances dans la vie. (It is time for you to have unraveled your problems and move on in life.)
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J’espère qu’elle ait démaillé les fils avant de tricoter. (I hope she unraveled the threads before knitting.)
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Nous aurions aimé que vous ayez démaillé vos pensées avant d’agir. (We would have liked you to have untangled your thoughts before acting.)
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It’s time for you to unravel your problems and move on in life.
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I hope she unraveled the threads before knitting.
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We would have liked you to have untangled your thoughts before acting.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of démailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie démêlé | Je doute que j’aie démêlé. | I doubt that I unknotted. |
tu | aies démêlé | Il faut que tu aies démêlé. | You must have unknotted. |
il | ait démêlé | Il est possible qu’il ait démêlé. | It’s possible he unknotted. |
elle | ait démêlé | Elle craint qu’elle ait démêlé. | She fears she unknotted. |
on | ait démêlé | On veut qu’on ait démêlé. | We want it to have been unknotted. |
nous | ayons démêlé | Espérons que nous ayons démêlé. | Let’s hope we unknotted. |
vous | ayez démêlé | Il est important que vous ayez démêlé. | It’s important that you unknotted. |
ils | aient démêlé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient démêlé. | They doubt they unknotted. |
elles | aient démêlé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient démêlé. | They prefer they unknotted. |
Other Conjugations for Démailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démailler
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Démailler – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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