Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Introduction to the verb embâter
The English translation of the French verb embâter is “to baffle” or “to confuse.” It is pronounced as “ahn-bah-teh.”
The word embâter comes from the Latin word “imbatuere” which means to strike against, and the prefix “em-” which indicates a direction towards something. In everyday French, it is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Some examples of how embâter is used in the Subjonctif Passé tense are:
- Il est possible que ces énigmes l’aient embâté. (It is possible that these enigmas baffled him.)
- J’ai peur que cette situation ne l’ait embâté. (I’m afraid this situation may have confused him.)
- Nous doutons qu’il ait été embâté par ces problèmes. (We doubt that he was baffled by these problems.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embâter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embâté | Je doute que j’aie embâté. | I doubt that I saddled. |
tu | aies embâté | Il faut que tu aies embâté. | You must have saddled. |
il | ait embâté | Il est possible qu’il ait embâté. | It’s possible he saddled. |
elle | ait embâté | Elle craint qu’elle ait embâté. | She fears she saddled. |
on | ait embâté | On veut qu’on ait embâté. | We want it to have been saddled. |
nous | ayons embâté | Espérons que nous ayons embâté. | Let’s hope we saddled. |
vous | ayez embâté | Il est important que vous ayez embâté. | It’s important that you saddled. |
ils | aient embâté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embâté. | They doubt they saddled. |
elles | aient embâté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embâté. | They prefer they saddled. |
Other Conjugations for Embâter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embâter
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Embâter – 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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