Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Introduction to the verb chuinter
The English translation of the French verb chuinter is “to hiss” or “to whistle”. It is pronounced “shwehn-tay.”
Chuinter comes from the Old French word “chuintier” which meant “to whistle” or “to make a sharp sound”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a compound tense used to express an action that would have taken place before another action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of chuinter in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
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Quand j’ai dit que je voulais sortir, ma mère avait chuinté, mais j’ai ignoré son avertissement. (When I said I wanted to go out, my mother had hissed, but I ignored her warning.)
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Après que nous ayons quitté la pièce, les enfants avaient chuinté en nous imitant. (After we left the room, the children had hissed while imitating us.)
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Il aurait préféré que nous n’ayons pas chuinté pendant son discours. (He would have preferred that we had not hissed during his speech.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of chuinter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse chuinté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse chuinté. | I wish I had whistled. |
tu | eusses chuinté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses chuinté. | I wish you had whistled. |
il | eût chuinté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût chuinté. | I wish he had whistled. |
elle | eût chuinté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût chuinté. | I wish she had whistled. |
on | eût chuinté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût chuinté. | I wish one had whistled. |
nous | eussions chuinté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions chuinté. | I wish we had whistled. |
vous | eussiez chuinté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez chuinté. | I wish you had whistled. |
ils | eussent chuinté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent chuinté. | I wish they had whistled. |
elles | eussent chuinté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent chuinté. | I wish they had whistled. |
Other Conjugations for Chuinter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chuinter
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Chuinter – 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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