Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Introduction to the verb billancher
The English translation of the French verb billancher is “to balance.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “bee-lahn-shay.”
The word “billancher” comes from the Old French word “bilancier,” which means “balance.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense. This tense is used to express a hypothetical past action that could have happened before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of billancher used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
- Il fallait que je billanchasse les comptes avant de partir en vacances. (It was necessary for me to balance the accounts before going on vacation.)
- J’avais peur qu’elle n’ait pas bien billanché le plateau et que tout tombe. (I was afraid that she hadn’t balanced the tray well and that everything would fall.)
- Nous aurions dû vérifier si vous aviez billanché les poids correctement avant de commencer l’expérience. (We should have checked if you had balanced the weights correctly before starting the experiment.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of billancher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse billanché | J’aurais aimé que je eusse billanché. | I wish I had billanched. |
tu | eusses billanché | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses billanché. | I wish you had billanched. |
il | eût billanché | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût billanché. | I wish he had billanched. |
elle | eût billanché | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût billanché. | I wish she had billanched. |
on | eût billanché | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût billanché. | I wish one had billanched. |
nous | eussions billanché | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions billanché. | I wish we had billanched. |
vous | eussiez billanché | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez billanché. | I wish you had billanched. |
ils | eussent billanché | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent billanché. | I wish they had billanched. |
elles | eussent billanché | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent billanché. | I wish they had billanched. |
Other Conjugations for Billancher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb billancher
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Billancher – 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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