Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Introduction to the verb cosser
The English translation of the French verb cosser is “to scrape.” It is pronounced as “koh-seh.”
The language origin of cosser can be traced back to the Latin word “causa,” meaning “cause” or “reason.” In Old French, it evolved to “caus,” which eventually became “cosse” in Modern French. In everyday French, cosser is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express an action that would have happened in the past under certain conditions.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, along with their English translations:
- Si j’avais gagné à la loterie, j’aurais cossé tout mon argent pour voyager dans le monde entier. (If I had won the lottery, I would have scraped all my money to travel around the world.)
- Il aurait fallu que tu cosses tes chaussures avant d’entrer dans la maison. (You should have scraped your shoes before entering the house.)
- J’aurais aimé que vous cosssiez les carottes avant de les couper en rondelles. (I wish you had scraped the carrots before slicing them.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of cosser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse cossé | Il faudrait que je eusse cossé. | I wish I had lifted. |
tu | eusses cossé | Il faudrait que tu eusses cossé. | I wish you had lifted. |
il | eût cossé | Il faudrait qu’il eût cossé. | I wish he had lifted. |
elle | eût cossé | Il faudrait qu’elle eût cossé. | I wish she had lifted. |
on | eût cossé | Il faudrait qu’on eût cossé. | I wish one had lifted. |
nous | eussions cossé | Il faudrait que nous eussions cossé. | I wish we had lifted. |
vous | eussiez cossé | Il faudrait que vous eussiez cossé. | I wish you had lifted. |
ils | eussent cossé | Il faudrait qu’ils eussent cossé. | I wish they had lifted. |
elles | eussent cossé | Il faudrait qu’elles eussent cossé. | I wish they had lifted. |
Other Conjugations for Cosser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
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Cosser – 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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