Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Introduction to the verb embêter
The English translation of the French verb embêter is “to bother” or “to annoy.” It is pronounced as ahm-bay-tay.
The language origin of embêter is uncertain. It is believed to come from the Old French word embeter, meaning “to embarrass” or “to vex.” Over time, the meaning evolved to its current form of “to bother.”
In everyday French, embêter is most often used in its subjonctif passé tense, which is used to express a possibility, wish, or doubt about a past action. It is formed by using the subjunctive form of the auxiliary verb avoir or être, followed by the past participle of embêter (embêté).
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Il faut que j’aie embêté mes voisins avec ma musique hier soir. (I must have bothered my neighbors with my music last night.)
- Je doute que tu aies embêté tes amis pendant la soirée. (I doubt that you bothered your friends during the evening.)
- Il est possible qu’il ait embêté sa sœur pour obtenir le jouet. (It’s possible that he bothered his sister to get the toy.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embêter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embêté | Je doute que j’aie embêté. | I doubt that I annoyed. |
tu | aies embêté | Il faut que tu aies embêté. | You must have annoyed. |
il | ait embêté | Il est possible qu’il ait embêté. | It’s possible he annoyed. |
elle | ait embêté | Elle craint qu’elle ait embêté. | She fears she annoyed. |
on | ait embêté | On veut qu’on ait embêté. | We want it to have been annoyed. |
nous | ayons embêté | Espérons que nous ayons embêté. | Let’s hope we annoyed. |
vous | ayez embêté | Il est important que vous ayez embêté. | It’s important that you annoyed. |
ils | aient embêté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embêté. | They doubt they annoyed. |
elles | aient embêté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embêté. | They prefer they annoyed. |
Other Conjugations for Embêter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embêter
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Embêter – 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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