Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Introduction to the verb démanteler
The English translation of the French verb démanteler is “to dismantle.” It is pronounced as “day-mahn-tuh-lay.”
Démanteler is derived from the Old French word “manteler” which means “to cover.” It is a combination of the prefix “de-” meaning “down” and “manteler,” indicating the act of removing a covering or layer.
In everyday French, démanteler is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a past action that is uncertain or hypothetical. It is used after certain conjunctions like “avant que” (before), “pour que” (so that), or “bien que” (although).
Here are three examples of démanteler in the Subjonctif Passé tense with their English translations:
- Il a tout fait pour que je ne démantèle pas ses plans. (He did everything so that I wouldn’t dismantle his plans.)
- Nous sommes intervenus avant qu’il ne démantèle le système. (We intervened before he dismantled the system.)
- Bien qu’il ait démantelé le réseau, les activités criminelles ont continué. (Although he dismantled the network, criminal activities continued.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of démanteler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie démantelé | Il est possible que j’aie démantelé. | It’s possible that I dismantled. |
tu | aies démantelé | Il est important que tu aies démantelé. | It’s important that you dismantled. |
il | ait démantelé | Il faut qu’il ait démantelé. | He must have dismantled. |
elle | ait démantelé | Elle souhaite qu’elle ait démantelé. | She wishes she dismantled. |
on | ait démantelé | On espère qu’on ait démantelé. | We hope we dismantled. |
nous | ayons démantelé | Nous demandons que nous ayons démantelé. | We ask that we dismantled. |
vous | ayez démantelé | Il est urgent que vous ayez démantelé. | It’s urgent that you dismantled. |
ils | aient démantelé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient démantelé. | They doubt they dismantled. |
elles | aient démantelé | Elles insistent qu’elles aient démantelé. | They insist that they dismantled. |
Other Conjugations for Démanteler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démanteler
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Démanteler – 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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