Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Introduction to the verb affouiller
The English translation of the French verb affouiller is “to whirl” or “to stir up.” The infinitive form is pronounced as ah-foo-yay.
The language origin of affouiller comes from the French word “fouiller,” which means “to dig” or “to rummage.” The prefix “a-” adds the meaning of “to do something intensely or repeatedly.” In everyday French, affouiller is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that occurred before another past action.
Example 1: J’espérais que tu n’eusses pas affouillé les papiers avant que je les aie rangés. (I hoped that you hadn’t stirred up the papers before I had put them away.)
Example 2: Il craignait que nous n’eussions affouillé la rivière avant que les poissons aient eu le temps de se cacher. (He was afraid that we had stirred up the river before the fish had time to hide.)
Example 3: Elle était sûre que vous n’eussiez pas affouillé la terre avant que les plantes aient poussé. (She was sure that you had not stirred up the soil before the plants had grown.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of affouiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse affouillé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse affouillé. | I wish I had gouged. |
tu | eusses affouillé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses affouillé. | I wish you had gouged. |
il | eût affouillé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût affouillé. | I wish he had gouged. |
elle | eût affouillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût affouillé. | I wish she had gouged. |
on | eût affouillé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût affouillé. | I wish one had gouged. |
nous | eussions affouillé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions affouillé. | I wish we had gouged. |
vous | eussiez affouillé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez affouillé. | I wish you had gouged. |
ils | eussent affouillé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent affouillé. | I wish they had gouged. |
elles | eussent affouillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent affouillé. | I wish they had gouged. |
Other Conjugations for Affouiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
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Affouiller – 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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