Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Introduction to the verb dévider
The English translation of dévider is “to unwind” or “to unravel.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-vee-day.”
The origin of dévider can be traced back to the Latin word “devitare,” meaning “to avoid,” which then evolved into the French word “diverter,” meaning “to divert.” Over time, the meaning of the word shifted to “unwind” or “unravel.”
In everyday French, the Subjonctif Passé tense is mostly used in formal or literary contexts to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that has already occurred in the past.
Here are three examples of dévider in the Subjonctif Passé tense:
- Il faut que j’aie dévidé toute la laine avant de pouvoir tricoter le pull. (I had to unwind all the yarn before being able to knit the sweater.)
- J’aimerais que tu aies dévidé toutes les bobines avant que je revienne. (I would like for you to have unraveled all the spools before I come back.)
- Il est possible qu’il ait déjà dévidé le fil avant de réaliser qu’il était le mauvais. (It is possible that he had already unraveled the thread before realizing it was the wrong one.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of dévider
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie dévidé | Il est possible que j’aie dévidé. | It’s possible that I unspooled. |
tu | aies dévidé | Je doute que tu aies dévidé. | I doubt that you unspooled. |
il | ait dévidé | Il faut qu’il ait dévidé. | He must have unspooled. |
elle | ait dévidé | Elle craint qu’elle ait dévidé. | She fears she unspooled. |
on | ait dévidé | On veut qu’on ait dévidé. | We want it to have been unspooled. |
nous | ayons dévidé | Espérons que nous ayons dévidé. | Let’s hope we unspooled. |
vous | ayez dévidé | Il est important que vous ayez dévidé. | It’s important that you unspooled. |
ils | aient dévidé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient dévidé. | They doubt that they unspooled. |
elles | aient dévidé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient dévidé. | They prefer that they unspooled. |
Other Conjugations for Dévider.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dévider
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Dévider – 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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