Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Introduction to the verb distancer
The English translation of the French verb distancer is “to distance.” It is pronounced as “dee-stahn-seh” in its infinitive form.
The word distancer comes from the French noun “distance,” which itself derives from the Latin word “distantia,” meaning “a space, distance, remoteness.” In everyday French, the verb distancer is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is a subjunctive tense used to express a possibility or hypothetical situation in the past.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Passé tense, with the respective English translations:
- Il aurait fallu que tu te distancies de cette personne toxique. (You should have distanced yourself from that toxic person.)
- Elle aurait préféré que son mari se distancie de ses collègues de travail. (She would have preferred her husband to distance himself from his colleagues at work.)
- Nous aurions aimé que vous vous distanciez de cette mauvaise influence. (We would have liked for you to distance yourself from that bad influence.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of distancer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie distancé | Il est possible que j’aie distancé. | It’s possible that I have distanced myself. |
tu | aies distancé | Tu doutes que tu aies distancé. | You doubt that you have distanced yourself. |
il | ait distancé | Il est important qu’il ait distancé. | It’s important that he has distanced himself. |
elle | ait distancé | Elle préfère qu’elle ait distancé. | She prefers that she has distanced herself. |
on | ait distancé | On veut qu’on ait distancé. | We want it to have been distanced. |
nous | ayons distancé | Il est essentiel que nous ayons distancé. | It’s essential that we have distanced ourselves. |
vous | ayez distancé | Il est possible que vous ayez distancé. | It’s possible that you have distanced yourselves. |
ils | aient distancé | Ils sont heureux que ils aient distancé. | They are happy that they have distanced themselves. |
elles | aient distancé | Elles sont surprises qu’elles aient distancé. | They are surprised that they have distanced themselves. |
Other Conjugations for Distancer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distancer
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Distancer – 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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