Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Introduction to the verb agiter
The English translation of the French verb agiter is “to shake” or “to agitate.” The infinitive form of agiter is pronounced “ah-zhee-tay.”
The word agiter comes from the Latin verb “agitare” meaning “to move or stir up.” In everyday French, agiter is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a conjugation used to express actions that may have happened in the past but are uncertain or hypothetical.
Three simple examples of agiter in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
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Il fallait que je l’eusse agité pour qu’il se réveille. (I had to shake him to wake him up.)
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J’aurais aimé que tu eusses agité le drapeau lors de la cérémonie. (I would have liked for you to have waved the flag during the ceremony.)
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Elle aurait préféré que nous eussions agité nos mains pour attirer son attention. (She would have preferred for us to have waved our hands to get her attention.)
English translations:
- I had to shake him to wake him up.
- I would have liked for you to have waved the flag during the ceremony.
- She would have preferred for us to have waved our hands to get her attention.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of agiter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse agité | J’aurais aimé que je eusse agité. | I wish I had shaken. |
tu | eusses agité | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses agité. | I wish you had shaken. |
il | eût agité | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût agité. | I wish he had shaken. |
elle | eût agité | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût agité. | I wish she had shaken. |
on | eût agité | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût agité. | I wish one had shaken. |
nous | eussions agité | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions agité. | I wish we had shaken. |
vous | eussiez agité | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez agité. | I wish you had shaken. |
ils | eussent agité | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent agité. | I wish they had shaken. |
elles | eussent agité | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent agité. | I wish they had shaken. |
Other Conjugations for Agiter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agiter
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Agiter – 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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