Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Introduction to the verb embroussailler
The English translation of the French verb embroussailler is “to tangle up” or “to get tangled.” It is pronounced as ahm-broo-sah-yay.
The origin of the verb embroussailler can be traced back to the Latin word “bursa,” meaning “purse.” In Old French, it evolved into “brousse,” meaning “a thicket,” and eventually became “embroussailler,” which literally means “to create a thicket.” It is most often used in everyday French to describe something becoming tangled or messy.
In the Subjonctif Passé tense, embroussailler is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that took place in the past. Here are three simple examples of its usage, along with their English translations:
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Il aurait fallu que tu embroussaillasses tes cheveux avant de sortir. (You should have tangled up your hair before going out.)
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J’aimerais que vous n’ayez pas embroussaillé la pelote de laine. (I wish you hadn’t tangled up the ball of yarn.)
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Il a regretté que le vent ait embroussaillé ses feuilles de papier. (He regretted that the wind had tangled up his sheets of paper.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embroussailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embroussaillé | Je doute que j’aie embroussaillé. | I doubt that I tangled. |
tu | aies embroussaillé | Il faut que tu aies embroussaillé. | You must have tangled. |
il | ait embroussaillé | Il est possible qu’il ait embroussaillé. | It’s possible he tangled. |
elle | ait embroussaillé | Elle craint qu’elle ait embroussaillé. | She fears she tangled. |
on | ait embroussaillé | On veut qu’on ait embroussaillé. | We want it to have been tangled. |
nous | ayons embroussaillé | Espérons que nous ayons embroussaillé. | Let’s hope we tangled. |
vous | ayez embroussaillé | Il est important que vous ayez embroussaillé. | It’s important that you tangled. |
ils | aient embroussaillé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embroussaillé. | They doubt they tangled. |
elles | aient embroussaillé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embroussaillé. | They prefer they tangled. |
Other Conjugations for Embroussailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
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Embroussailler – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
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Future tense
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