Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Introduction to the verb embastiller
The English translation of the French verb embastiller is “to imprison” or “to lock up”. The infinitive form, embastiller, is pronounced as ahn-bah-stee-yay.
The word embastiller comes from the French word “bastille”, which was a medieval fortress and prison in Paris. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a past action that is uncertain or hypothetical.
Here are three simple examples of embastiller in the Subjonctif Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
- Il est possible que le roi ait embastillé ses ennemis. (It is possible that the king imprisoned his enemies.)
- Je doute qu’ils aient embastillé les manifestants pacifiques. (I doubt they locked up the peaceful protesters.)
- Il est dommage que les prisonniers aient été embastillés sans jugement. (It’s a shame that the prisoners were locked up without a trial.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embastiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embastillé | Je suis sûr que je sois embastillé. | I’m sure I was imprisoned. |
tu | aies embastillé | Il faut que tu aies embastillé. | You must have been imprisoned. |
il | ait embastillé | Il est possible qu’il ait embastillé. | It’s possible he was imprisoned. |
elle | ait embastillé | Elle craint qu’elle ait embastillé. | She fears she was imprisoned. |
on | ait embastillé | On veut qu’on ait embastillé. | We want it to have been imprisoned. |
nous | ayons embastillé | Espérons que nous ayons embastillé. | Let’s hope we were imprisoned. |
vous | ayez embastillé | Il est important que vous ayez embastillé. | It’s important that you were imprisoned. |
ils | aient embastillé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embastillé. | They doubt they were imprisoned. |
elles | aient embastillé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embastillé. | They prefer they were imprisoned. |
Other Conjugations for Embastiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
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Embastiller – 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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