Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Introduction to the verb aberrer
The English translation of the French verb aberrer is “to stray” or “to deviate.” It is pronounced as “ah-ber-ray.”
The word aberrer comes from the Latin verb aberrare, meaning “to wander” or “to go astray.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is one of the past subjunctive tenses. This tense is used to express a hypothetical situation that occurred before another past event.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense with their respective English translations:
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Pour que je ne l’aie pas aberré, il aurait fallu me donner des instructions claires.
(For me not to have strayed, clear instructions would have been needed.) -
Si tu n’avais pas aberré de la route prévue, on ne serait pas perdus maintenant.
(If you hadn’t deviated from the planned route, we wouldn’t be lost now.) -
Il est possible qu’ils aient aberré de leur objectif initial en cours de route.
(It is possible that they strayed from their initial objective along the way.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of aberrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse aberré | J’aurais aimé que je eusse aberré. | I wish I had deviated. |
tu | eusses aberré | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses aberré. | I wish you had deviated. |
il | eût aberré | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût aberré. | I wish he had deviated. |
elle | eût aberré | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût aberré. | I wish she had deviated. |
on | eût aberré | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût aberré. | I wish one had deviated. |
nous | eussions aberré | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions aberré. | I wish we had deviated. |
vous | eussiez aberré | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez aberré. | I wish you had deviated. |
ils | eussent aberré | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent aberré. | I wish they had deviated. |
elles | eussent aberré | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent aberré. | I wish they had deviated. |
Other Conjugations for Aberrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aberrer
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Aberrer – About the French Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Hypothetical Situations
Reported Speech
Doubt, Wishes, and Emotions
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Conditional
Summary
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