Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Introduction to the verb attremper
The English translation of the French verb attremper is “to temper” or “to temperate.”
The infinitive form, attremper, is pronounced as “aht-trahm-pay.”
The word attremper comes from the Old French verb “atremper,” which is derived from the Latin word “adtemperare,” meaning “to mix” or “to temper.” It is often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past tense of the subjunctive mood that expresses a possibility or hypothetical action that occurred before another past action.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
- J’espérais que tu eusses attrempé le vin avant de le boire. (I hoped that you had tempered the wine before drinking it.)
- Elle souhaitait que nous eussions attrempé nos différends avant de partir en vacances. (She wished that we had tempered our differences before going on vacation.)
- Nous aurions préféré que vous eussiez attrempé votre discours avant de l’adresser au public. (We would have preferred if you had tempered your speech before addressing it to the public.)
English translations:
- I hoped that you had tempered the wine before drinking it.
- She wished that we had tempered our differences before going on vacation.
- We would have preferred if you had tempered your speech before addressing it to the public.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of attremper
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse attrempé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse attrempé la mixture. | I wish I had tempered the mixture. |
tu | eusses attrempé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses attrempé la mixture. | I wish you had tempered the mixture. |
il | eût attrempé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût attrempé la mixture. | I wish he had tempered the mixture. |
elle | eût attrempé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût attrempé la mixture. | I wish she had tempered the mixture. |
on | eût attrempé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût attrempé la mixture. | I wish one had tempered the mixture. |
nous | eussions attrempé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions attrempé la mixture. | I wish we had tempered the mixture. |
vous | eussiez attrempé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez attrempé la mixture. | I wish you had tempered the mixture. |
ils | eussent attrempé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent attrempé la mixture. | I wish they had tempered the mixture. |
elles | eussent attrempé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent attrempé la mixture. | I wish they had tempered the mixture. |
Other Conjugations for Attremper.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb attremper
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Attremper – 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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