Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Introduction to the verb draver
The English translation of the French verb draver is “to drive.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “drah-vay”.
The origin of the word draver can be traced back to the Latin word “trahere,” meaning “to pull.” In Old French, it was spelled as “draiver” and eventually evolved to its modern form, “draver.”
In everyday French, the verb draver is commonly used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a past action that is uncertain or hypothetical. Some examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Il est possible que j’aie dravé trop vite. (It’s possible that I drove too fast.)
- J’aurais préféré que tu aies dravé plus prudemment. (I would have preferred if you had driven more carefully.)
- Il faut que nous ayons dravé toute la nuit pour arriver à temps. (We had to have driven all night to arrive on time.)
English translations:
- It’s possible that I drove too fast.
- I would have preferred if you had driven more carefully.
- We had to have driven all night to arrive on time.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of draver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie dérivé | Il est improbable que j’aie dérivé. | It’s unlikely that I drove. |
tu | aies dérivé | Tu veux que tu aies dérivé. | You want it to be driven. |
il | ait dérivé | Il est possible qu’il ait dérivé. | It’s possible he drove. |
elle | ait dérivé | Elle est contente qu’elle ait dérivé. | She’s happy she drove. |
on | ait dérivé | On préfère qu’on ait dérivé. | We prefer we drove. |
nous | ayons dérivé | Nous espérons que nous ayons dérivé. | Let’s hope we drove. |
vous | ayez dérivé | Il est important que vous ayez dérivé. | It’s important that you drove. |
ils | aient dérivé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient dérivé. | They doubt they drove. |
elles | aient dérivé | Elles regrettent qu’elles aient dérivé. | They regret they drove. |
Other Conjugations for Draver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb draver
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Draver – 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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