Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Introduction to the verb canonner
The English translation of the French verb canonner is “to bombard” or “to shell.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “kah-noh-nay.”
The language origin of canonner comes from the Latin word “cannone,” meaning “cannon.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past subjunctive tense that expresses an action that could have taken place before another action or event in the past.
Three simple examples of canonner in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
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J’aurais aimé que tu me canonnes avec des compliments. (I wish you had bombarded me with compliments.)
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Il était triste que la ville ait été canonniée pendant la guerre. (He was sad that the city had been bombed during the war.)
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On aurait dit que les nuages avaient été canonniés par les rayons du soleil. (It looked like the clouds had been shelled by the sun’s rays.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of canonner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse canoné | J’aurais été content si je eusse canoné. | I would have been happy if I had shot. |
tu | eusses canoné | J’aurais été content si tu eusses canoné. | I would have been happy if you had shot. |
il | eût canoné | J’aurais été content si il eût canoné. | I would have been happy if he had shot. |
elle | eût canoné | J’aurais été content si elle eût canoné. | I would have been happy if she had shot. |
on | eût canoné | J’aurais été content si on eût canoné. | I would have been happy if one had shot. |
nous | eussions canoné | J’aurais été content si nous eussions canoné. | I would have been happy if we had shot. |
vous | eussiez canoné | J’aurais été content si vous eussiez canoné. | I would have been happy if you had shot. |
ils | eussent canoné | J’aurais été content si ils eussent canoné. | I would have been happy if they had shot. |
elles | eussent canoné | J’aurais été content si elles eussent canoné. | I would have been happy if they had shot. |
Other Conjugations for Canonner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb canonner
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Canonner – 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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