Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Introduction to the verb emballotter
The English translation of the French verb emballotter is “to wrap up” or “to pack.”
The infinitive form of emballotter is pronounced as “ahn-bah-loh-teh.”
Emballotter comes from the French word “emballer,” which means “to pack.” It is derived from the verb “baller,” which means “to roll.” Therefore, emballotter literally means “to roll up and pack.”
In everyday French, emballotter is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Here are three examples of emballotter in the Subjonctif Passé tense with their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies bien emballotté les cadeaux avant la fête. (I wish you had wrapped the gifts properly before the party.)
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Il est possible qu’elle ait mal emballotté les vêtements et qu’ils se soient abîmés pendant le voyage. (It’s possible that she didn’t pack the clothes properly and they got damaged during the trip.)
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Nous avons eu peur que vous n’ayez pas emballotté les objets fragiles avec assez de précaution. (We were afraid that you didn’t wrap the fragile items with enough care.)
These sentences show how emballotter is used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a past action that is uncertain or hypothetical. The use of “avoir” and “être” as auxiliary verbs indicates that the action is in the past and not a definite fact.
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of emballotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie emballotté | Je suis content(e) que j’aie emballotté. | I’m glad I wrapped. |
tu | aies emballotté | J’espère que tu aies emballotté. | I hope you wrapped. |
il | ait emballotté | Il est possible qu’il ait emballotté. | It’s possible he wrapped. |
elle | ait emballotté | Elle doute qu’elle ait emballotté. | She doubts she wrapped. |
on | ait emballotté | On craint qu’on ait emballotté. | We fear we wrapped. |
nous | ayons emballotté | J’espère que nous ayons emballotté. | I hope we wrapped. |
vous | ayez emballotté | Je suis content(e) que vous ayez emballotté. | I’m glad you wrapped. |
ils | aient emballotté | Il est possible qu’ils aient emballotté. | It’s possible they wrapped. |
elles | aient emballotté | Elles doutent qu’elles aient emballotté. | They doubt they wrapped. |
Other Conjugations for Emballotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb emballotter
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Emballotter – 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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