Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Introduction to the verb cisailler
The English translation of the French verb cisailler is “to shear” or “to clip.” The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced “see-zah-yay.”
The word cisailler comes from the Old French verb “ciseler,” meaning “to cut.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a literary tense used to express a past hypothetical action or event.
Three examples of cisailler in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
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Si j’avais su, j’aurais cisaillé mes cheveux avant la soirée. (If I had known, I would have sheared my hair before the party.)
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Il aurait aimé que son jardinier ait cisaillé les haies avant l’arrivée des invités. (He would have liked his gardener to have sheared the hedges before the guests arrived.)
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Nous aurions préféré que la coiffeuse nous ait cisaillé les cheveux plutôt que de les couper si courts. (We would have preferred the hairdresser to have sheared our hair instead of cutting it so short.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of cisailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse cisaillé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse cisaillé. | I wish I had sheared. |
tu | eusses cisaillé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses cisaillé. | I wish you had sheared. |
il | eût cisaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût cisaillé. | I wish he had sheared. |
elle | eût cisaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût cisaillé. | I wish she had sheared. |
on | eût cisaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût cisaillé. | I wish one had sheared. |
nous | eussions cisaillé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions cisaillé. | I wish we had sheared. |
vous | eussiez cisaillé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez cisaillé. | I wish you had sheared. |
ils | eussent cisaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent cisaillé. | I wish they had sheared. |
elles | eussent cisaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent cisaillé. | I wish they had sheared. |
Other Conjugations for Cisailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cisailler
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Cisailler – 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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