Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Introduction to the verb avantager
The English translation of the French verb avantager is “to advantage” or “to benefit.” It is pronounced “ah-vahn-tah-zhay.”
The word avantager comes from the Old French verb avantage, meaning “to advance” or “to promote,” which ultimately comes from the Latin word ad- (meaning “to”) and the verb ante (meaning “to go before”).
In everyday French, avantager is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past subjunctive tense. This tense is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that occurred before another action in the past, or to express a past wish or regret.
Here are three simple examples of avantager in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with their English translations:
- J’aurais aimé que tu m’avantages dans ma recherche d’emploi. (I would have liked for you to have helped me in my job search.)
- Il avait peur que son absence ne l’avantage pas auprès de sa famille. (He was afraid that his absence would not benefit him in the eyes of his family.)
- Nous aurions préféré que le nouveau projet avantagât notre entreprise. (We would have preferred for the new project to have advantaged our company.)
In these examples, the verb avantager is used to express a desired or hoped-for outcome in the past, using the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to indicate that the action of advantaging occurred before the main verb in the past tense.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of avantager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse avantagé | Je regrette que je eusse avantagé. | I regret that I had advantaged. |
tu | eusses avantagé | Je regrette que tu eusses avantagé. | I regret that you had advantaged. |
il | eût avantagé | Je regrette qu’il eût avantagé. | I regret that he had advantaged. |
elle | eût avantagé | Je regrette qu’elle eût avantagé. | I regret that she had advantaged. |
on | eût avantagé | Je regrette qu’on eût avantagé. | I regret that one had advantaged. |
nous | eussions avantagé | Je regrette que nous eussions avantagé. | I regret that we had advantaged. |
vous | eussiez avantagé | Je regrette que vous eussiez avantagé. | I regret that you had advantaged. |
ils | eussent avantagé | Je regrette qu’ils eussent avantagé. | I regret that they had advantaged. |
elles | eussent avantagé | Je regrette qu’elles eussent avantagé. | I regret that they had advantaged. |
Other Conjugations for Avantager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avantager
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Avantager – 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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