Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Introduction to the verb drayer
The English translation of the French verb drayer is “to dry.” It is pronounced as “dreh-yay.”
The word “drayer” comes from the Old French word “draier,” which means “to wipe or to dry.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that took place in the past.
Examples:
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J’espérais que tu aies drayé la vaisselle avant que je rentre à la maison. (I was hoping that you had dried the dishes before I came back home.)
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Il fallait que nous ayons drayé nos vêtements avant le début de la fête. (We had to dry our clothes before the party started.)
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Je doute qu’elle ait drayé ses larmes après sa rupture avec son petit ami. (I doubt that she dried her tears after her break-up with her boyfriend.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of drayer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie drayé | Je doute que j’aie drayé. | I doubt that I dredged. |
tu | aies drayé | Il faut que tu aies drayé. | You must have dredged. |
il | ait drayé | Il est possible qu’il ait drayé. | It’s possible he dredged. |
elle | ait drayé | Elle craint qu’elle ait drayé. | She fears she dredged. |
on | ait drayé | On veut qu’on ait drayé. | We want it to have been dredged. |
nous | ayons drayé | Espérons que nous ayons drayé. | Let’s hope we dredged. |
vous | ayez drayé | Il est important que vous ayez drayé. | It’s important that you dredged. |
ils | aient drayé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient drayé. | They doubt they dredged. |
elles | aient drayé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient drayé. | They prefer they dredged. |
Other Conjugations for Drayer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drayer
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Drayer – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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