Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Introduction to the verb assigner
The English translation of the French verb assigner is “to assign.” The infinitive form, assigner, is pronounced “ah-see-gnay.”
The word assigner comes from the Latin word “assignare,” which means “to allot” or “to assign.” It entered the French language in the 14th century.
In everyday French, the verb assigner is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past subjunctive tense. This tense is used to talk about a hypothetical situation that could have happened in the past, but did not.
Here are three simple examples of assigner used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with their respective English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu m’aies assigné ce projet. (I wish you had assigned me this project.)
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Il était nécessaire que nous eussions assigné des tâches à chacun. (It was necessary that we had assigned tasks to each one.)
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Je regrette que vous n’ayez pas assigné plus de temps pour cette réunion. (I regret that you did not assign more time for this meeting.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of assigner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse assigné | J’aurais souhaité que je eusse assigné. | I wish I had assigned. |
tu | eusses assigné | J’aurais souhaité que tu eusses assigné. | I wish you had assigned. |
il | eût assigné | J’aurais souhaité qu’il eût assigné. | I wish he had assigned. |
elle | eût assigné | J’aurais souhaité qu’elle eût assigné. | I wish she had assigned. |
on | eût assigné | J’aurais souhaité qu’on eût assigné. | I wish one had assigned. |
nous | eussions assigné | J’aurais souhaité que nous eussions assigné. | I wish we had assigned. |
vous | eussiez assigné | J’aurais souhaité que vous eussiez assigné. | I wish you had assigned. |
ils | eussent assigné | J’aurais souhaité qu’ils eussent assigné. | I wish they had assigned. |
elles | eussent assigné | J’aurais souhaité qu’elles eussent assigné. | I wish they had assigned. |
Other Conjugations for Assigner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb assigner
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Assigner – 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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