Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Introduction to the verb borner
The English translation of the French verb borner is “to limit” or “to bound.” It is pronounced as “bohr-nay” in the infinitive form.
Borner comes from the Latin word “bordunare,” meaning “to set a boundary.” It is most often used in everyday French to express the idea of setting a limit or boundary in a physical or figurative sense.
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, borner is used to express an action that had been limited or bounded in the past.
Example 1: J’étais désolé qu’elle se soit bornée à une seule solution. (I was sorry that she had limited herself to only one solution.)
Example 2: Il se demandait pourquoi ils avaient toujours été bornés dans leurs opinions. (He wondered why they had always been so stubborn in their opinions.)
Example 3: Nous avions peur que la situation ne se soit bornée à une seule issue. (We were afraid that the situation would be limited to only one outcome.)
In these examples, the use of borner in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense emphasizes the idea that the action had been restricted or confined in the past.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of borner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse borné | J’aurais aimé que je eusse borné. | I wish I had limited. |
tu | eusses borné | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses borné. | I wish you had limited. |
il | eût borné | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût borné. | I wish he had limited. |
elle | eût borné | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût borné. | I wish she had limited. |
on | eût borné | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût borné. | I wish one had limited. |
nous | eussions borné | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions borné. | I wish we had limited. |
vous | eussiez borné | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez borné. | I wish you had limited. |
ils | eussent borné | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent borné. | I wish they had limited. |
elles | eussent borné | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent borné. | I wish they had limited. |
Other Conjugations for Borner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
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Borner – 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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