Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Introduction to the verb diffracter
The English translation of the French verb diffracter is “to diffract.” It is pronounced “dee-FRAK-ter” in its infinitive form.
The word diffracter comes from the Latin word “diffringere,” which means “to break into pieces.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a literary tense used to express actions that are uncertain, hypothetical, or in the past.
Here are three examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Passé tense, along with their English translations:
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Il est important que tu aies diffracté la lumière pour obtenir un bel effet sur la photo. (It’s important that you diffracted the light to get a nice effect in the photo.)
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J’aurais préféré que tu aies diffracté le prisme dans l’autre sens. (I would have preferred that you had diffracted the prism in the other direction.)
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Il n’était pas certain que nous ayons bien diffracté le son lors de la répétition. (It wasn’t certain that we had diffracted the sound properly during the rehearsal.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of diffracter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie diffracté | Je doute que j’aie diffracté. | I doubt that I diffracted. |
tu | aies diffracté | Il faut que tu aies diffracté. | You must have diffracted. |
il | ait diffracté | Il est possible qu’il ait diffracté. | It’s possible he diffracted. |
elle | ait diffracté | Elle craint qu’elle ait diffracté. | She fears she diffracted. |
on | ait diffracté | On veut qu’on ait diffracté. | We want it to have been diffracted. |
nous | ayons diffracté | Espérons que nous ayons diffracté. | Let’s hope we diffracted. |
vous | ayez diffracté | Il est important que vous ayez diffracté. | It’s important that you diffracted. |
ils | aient diffracté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient diffracté. | They doubt they diffracted. |
elles | aient diffracté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient diffracté. | They prefer they diffracted. |
Other Conjugations for Diffracter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb diffracter
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Diffracter – 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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