Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Introduction to the verb distiller
The English translation of the French verb distiller is to distill. It is pronounced as “dee-stee-leh” in the infinitive form.
The word “distiller” comes from the Latin word “distillare” which means “to drip down.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal action in the past.
Example 1: J’espère qu’il ait distillé le whisky correctement. (I hope he had distilled the whisky correctly.)
Example 2: Il est possible que nous ayons distillé trop d’alcool hier soir. (It is possible that we had distilled too much alcohol last night.)
Example 3: Je doute qu’elle ait distillé cette information à son patron. (I doubt that she had distilled this information to her boss.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of distiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie distillé | Je souhaite que j’aie distillé. | I wish I had distilled. |
tu | aies distillé | Il est possible que tu aies distillé. | It’s possible that you distilled. |
il | ait distillé | Il est important qu’il ait distillé. | It’s important that he distilled. |
elle | ait distillé | Elle craint qu’elle ait distillé. | She fears she distilled. |
on | ait distillé | On préfère qu’on ait distillé. | We prefer we distilled. |
nous | ayons distillé | Nous voulons qu’il y ait distillé. | We want it to have been distilled. |
vous | ayez distillé | Vous souhaitez qu’ils aient distillé. | You wish they had distilled. |
ils | aient distillé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient distillé. | They doubt they distilled. |
elles | aient distillé | Elles espèrent qu’elles aient distillé. | They hope they distilled. |
Other Conjugations for Distiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb distiller
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Distiller – 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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