Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Introduction to the verb contingenter
The English translation of the French verb contingenter is to allocate or to assign. The infinitive form is pronounced as “kon-tan-zhan-tey”.
The word contingenter comes from the Latin word contingere, which means “to happen” or “to occur”. It entered the French language in the 16th century and has been used in various contexts since then. In everyday French, it is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past.
Here are three examples of contingenter used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with their English translations:
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J’avais contingenté les ressources avant que la crise n’éclate.
(I had allocated the resources before the crisis erupted.) -
Le manager aurait dû contingenter le budget pour éviter les dépenses excessives.
(The manager should have assigned a budget to avoid excessive spending.) -
Si je n’avais pas contingenté le temps de préparation, nous n’aurions jamais fini à temps.
(If I had not allocated the preparation time, we would have never finished on time.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of contingenter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse contingenter | J’aurais aimé que je eusse contingenter. | I wish I had controlled. |
tu | eusses contingenter | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses contingenter. | I wish you had controlled. |
il | eût contingenter | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût contingenter. | I wish he had controlled. |
elle | eût contingenter | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût contingenter. | I wish she had controlled. |
on | eût contingenter | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût contingenter. | I wish one had controlled. |
nous | eussions contingenter | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions contingenter. | I wish we had controlled. |
vous | eussiez contingenter | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez contingenter. | I wish you had controlled. |
ils | eussent contingenter | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent contingenter. | I wish they had controlled. |
elles | eussent contingenter | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent contingenter. | I wish they had controlled. |
Other Conjugations for Contingenter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contingenter
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Contingenter – 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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