Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Introduction to the verb documenter
The English translation of the French verb documenter is “to document.” It is pronounced as “doh-kyu-mahn-teh” in the infinitive form.
The origin of the word documenter can be traced back to the Latin word “documentum,” which means “lesson” or “proof.” In everyday French, documenter is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical action or event that has already happened.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- J’ai peur que tu n’aies pas documenté tes sources correctement. (I’m afraid you didn’t document your sources properly.)
- Il est possible qu’elle ait documenté toutes les étapes du projet. (It’s possible that she documented all the steps of the project.)
- Nous doutons qu’ils aient bien documenté leurs arguments. (We doubt that they documented their arguments well.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of documenter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie documenté | Je crains que j’aie documenté. | I fear I have documented. |
tu | aies documenté | Il faut que tu aies documenté. | You must have documented. |
il | ait documenté | Il est possible qu’il ait documenté. | It’s possible he documented. |
elle | ait documenté | Elle espère qu’elle ait documenté. | She hopes she documented. |
on | ait documenté | On veut qu’on ait documenté. | We want it to have been documented. |
nous | ayons documenté | J’espère que nous ayons documenté. | I hope we documented. |
vous | ayez documenté | Il est important que vous ayez documenté. | It’s important that you documented. |
ils | aient documenté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient documenté. | They doubt they documented. |
elles | aient documenté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient documenté. | They prefer they documented. |
Other Conjugations for Documenter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb documenter
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Documenter – 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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