Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Introduction to the verb embrayer
The English translation of the French verb embrayer is “to engage” or “to gear up.” It is pronounced as “ahn-bray-yay” in its infinitive form.
The word embrayer comes from the Latin verb “imbricare” which means “to cover with tiles” or “to join together.” In French, it is most often used in everyday language in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
- J’aurais aimé que tu aies embrayé plus tôt. (I wish you had engaged earlier.)
- Il est possible que nous ayons mal embrayé hier soir. (It’s possible that we engaged poorly last night.)
- Elle n’aurait pas dû embrayer cette vitesse-là. (She shouldn’t have engaged that speed.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embrayer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embrayé | Je doute que j’aie embrayé. | I doubt that I engaged. |
tu | aies embrayé | Il faut que tu aies embrayé. | You must have engaged. |
il | ait embrayé | Il est possible qu’il ait embrayé. | It’s possible he engaged. |
elle | ait embrayé | Elle craint qu’elle ait embrayé. | She fears she engaged. |
on | ait embrayé | On veut qu’on ait embrayé. | We want it to have been engaged. |
nous | ayons embrayé | Espérons que nous ayons embrayé. | Let’s hope we engaged. |
vous | ayez embrayé | Il est important que vous ayez embrayé. | It’s important that you engaged. |
ils | aient embrayé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embrayé. | They doubt they engaged. |
elles | aient embrayé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embrayé. | They prefer they engaged. |
Other Conjugations for Embrayer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embrayer
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Embrayer – 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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