Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Introduction to the verb embuer
The English translation of the French verb embuer is “to fog up” or “to mist.” The infinitive form is pronounced “ahm-byuh.”
The language origin of embuer comes from the Latin word “imbuere” which means “to wet” or “to soak.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Il fallait que je me rappelle le nom de cette ville embuée dans mes souvenirs. (I needed to remember the name of that foggy city in my memories.)
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Je regrette que nous ayons embué nos fenêtres avec la fumée de la cheminée. (I regret that we fogged up our windows with the smoke from the fireplace.)
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Il était temps que tu embues tes lunettes pour ne pas être ébloui par le soleil. (It was time for you to fog up your glasses so you wouldn’t be blinded by the sun.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of embuer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie embué | Je ne pense pas que j’aie embué. | I don’t think I misted up. |
tu | aies embué | Il est possible que tu aies embué. | It’s possible you misted up. |
il | ait embué | Il est probable qu’il ait embué. | It’s probable he misted up. |
elle | ait embué | Elle craint qu’elle ait embué. | She fears she misted up. |
on | ait embué | On veut qu’on ait embué. | We want it to have been misted up. |
nous | ayons embué | Espérons que nous ayons embué. | Let’s hope we misted up. |
vous | ayez embué | Il est important que vous ayez embué. | It’s important that you misted up. |
ils | aient embué | Ils doutent qu’ils aient embué. | They doubt they misted up. |
elles | aient embué | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient embué. | They prefer they misted up. |
Other Conjugations for Embuer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embuer
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Embuer – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
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