Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Introduction to the verb cailleter
The English translation of the French verb cailleter is “to haggle” or “to bargain.” It is pronounced “ka-yuh-tay.”
The word cailleter comes from the Latin word “calliculāre,” which means “to haggle.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past subjunctive tense used to express an action that was supposed to have taken place before another action in the past. This tense is commonly used in formal or literary contexts.
Here are 3 simple examples of how cailleter is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their respective English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies cailleté le prix de la voiture avant de l’acheter. (I would have liked you to have haggled the price of the car before buying it.)
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Il était content que nous ayons cailleté le prix du loyer. (He was happy that we had haggled the rent price.)
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Elle regretta que je n’aie pas cailleté le prix des billets de train. (She regretted that I had not haggled the price of the train tickets.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of cailleter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse cailleté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse cailleté. | I wish I had been cailleter. |
tu | eusses cailleté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses cailleté. | I wish you had been cailleter. |
il | eût cailleté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût cailleté. | I wish he had been cailleter. |
elle | eût cailleté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût cailleté. | I wish she had been cailleter. |
on | eût cailleté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût cailleté. | I wish one had been cailleter. |
nous | eussions cailleté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions cailleté. | I wish we had been cailleter. |
vous | eussiez cailleté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez cailleté. | I wish you had been cailleter. |
ils | eussent cailleté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent cailleté. | I wish they had been cailleter. |
elles | eussent cailleté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent cailleté. | I wish they had been cailleter. |
Other Conjugations for Cailleter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cailleter
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Cailleter – 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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