Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Introduction to the verb embarder
The English translation of the French verb embarder is “to make a mistake” or “to take the wrong direction.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahm-bar-day.”
The word embarder comes from the Old French word “embarder,” which means “to take a wrong turn or course.” It is derived from the prefix “en,” meaning “in” or “on,” and the word “bord,” meaning “edge” or “side.” In everyday French, embarder is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which expresses a possibility, doubt, or uncertainty in the past.
Examples:
- Il faut que je m’embardasse quelque part en route. (I must have made a mistake somewhere along the way.)
- Je doute qu’elle se soit embardée dans ses choix de carrière. (I doubt she made a mistake in her career choices.)
- Nous aurions aimé que vous ne vous soyez pas embardés dans cette situation compliquée. (We would have liked it if you hadn’t gotten yourself into this complicated situation.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embardé | Je doute que j’aie embardé. | I doubt that I swerved. |
tu | aies embardé | Il faut que tu aies embardé. | You must have swerved. |
il | ait embardé | Il est possible qu’il ait embardé. | It’s possible he swerved. |
elle | ait embardé | Elle craint qu’elle ait embardé. | She fears she swerved. |
on | ait embardé | On veut qu’on ait embardé. | We want it to have been swerved. |
nous | ayons embardé | Espérons que nous ayons embardé. | Let’s hope we swerved. |
vous | ayez embardé | Il est important que vous ayez embardé. | It’s important that you swerved. |
ils | aient embardé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embardé. | They doubt they swerved. |
elles | aient embardé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embardé. | They prefer they swerved. |
Other Conjugations for Embarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embarder
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Embarder – 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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