Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Introduction to the verb adopter
The English translation of the French verb adopter is “to adopt.” The infinitive form of adopter is pronounced “ah-dop-teh.”
Adopter comes from the Latin word “adoptare,” meaning “to choose or take as one’s own.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a compound tense used to talk about hypothetical or uncertain actions in the past.
Here are three simple examples of adopter in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense and their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies adopté un chien. (I would have liked for you to have adopted a dog.)
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Il était possible qu’elle eût adopté un régime végétarien. (It was possible that she had adopted a vegetarian diet.)
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Nous aurions préféré que vous eussiez adopté une autre approche. (We would have preferred for you to have adopted a different approach.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of adopter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse adopté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse adopté. | I wish I had adopted. |
tu | eusses adopté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses adopté. | I wish you had adopted. |
il | eût adopté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût adopté. | I wish he had adopted. |
elle | eût adopté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût adopté. | I wish she had adopted. |
on | eût adopté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût adopté. | I wish one had adopted. |
nous | eussions adopté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions adopté. | I wish we had adopted. |
vous | eussiez adopté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez adopté. | I wish you had adopted. |
ils | eussent adopté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent adopté. | I wish they had adopted. |
elles | eussent adopté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent adopté. | I wish they had adopted. |
Other Conjugations for Adopter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb adopter
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Adopter – 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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