Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Introduction to the verb boursicoter
The English translation of the French verb boursicoter is “to speculate” or “to dabble in the stock market.” The infinitive form, boursicoter, is pronounced as “boor-see-ko-tay.”
Boursicoter is derived from the word “bourse,” which means “stock exchange” in French. It is often used in every day French to describe the act of buying and selling stocks for speculative purposes.
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express an action that would have taken place in the past, boursicoter is conjugated as follows:
- J’eusse boursicoté (I would have speculated)
- Tu eusses boursicoté (You would have speculated)
- Il/Elle eût boursicoté (He/She would have speculated)
- Nous eussions boursicoté (We would have speculated)
- Vous eussiez boursicoté (You would have speculated)
- Ils/Elles eussent boursicoté (They would have speculated)
Here are three examples of boursicoter used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their respective English translations:
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Si j’eusse boursicoté, j’aurais gagné beaucoup d’argent. (If I had speculated, I would have made a lot of money.)
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Nous serions millionnaires si nous eussions boursicoté à l’époque. (We would be millionaires if we had speculated at the time.)
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Il fut déçu de ne pas avoir écouté ses amis qui l’avaient supplié de ne pas eût boursicoté. (He was disappointed that he did not listen to his friends who had begged him not to have speculated.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of boursicoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse boursicoté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse boursicoté. | I wish I had speculated. |
tu | eusses boursicoté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses boursicoté. | I wish you had speculated. |
il | eût boursicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût boursicoté. | I wish he had speculated. |
elle | eût boursicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût boursicoté. | I wish she had speculated. |
on | eût boursicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût boursicoté. | I wish one had speculated. |
nous | eussions boursicoté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions boursicoté. | I wish we had speculated. |
vous | eussiez boursicoté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez boursicoté. | I wish you had speculated. |
ils | eussent boursicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent boursicoté. | I wish they had speculated. |
elles | eussent boursicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent boursicoté. | I wish they had speculated. |
Other Conjugations for Boursicoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb boursicoter
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Boursicoter – 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
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