Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Introduction to the verb cousiner
The English translation of the French verb cousiner is “to cousin”. It is pronounced /ku.zi.ne/.
The origin of the word cousiner comes from the noun cousin, meaning “cousin” in English, and the suffix -er, which is added to verbs to indicate the infinitive form in French. In everyday French, cousiner is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express a past hypothetical or uncertain action.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense with their respective English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies cousiné avec moi ce week-end. (I wish you had gone out with me this weekend.)
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Il était possible qu’elle ait cousiné pendant son séjour en France. (It was possible that she had spent time with her cousins during her stay in France.)
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Nous aurions voulu que vous ayez cousiné avec nous lors de notre voyage en Espagne. (We would have liked for you to have spent time with us and our cousins during our trip to Spain.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of cousiner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse cousine | J’aurais aimé que je eusse cousine. | I wish I had cousin-ed. |
tu | eusses cousine | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses cousine. | I wish you had cousin-ed. |
il | eût cousine | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût cousine. | I wish he had cousin-ed. |
elle | eût cousine | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût cousine. | I wish she had cousin-ed. |
on | eût cousine | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût cousine. | I wish one had cousin-ed. |
nous | eussions cousine | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions cousine. | I wish we had cousin-ed. |
vous | eussiez cousine | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez cousine. | I wish you had cousin-ed. |
ils | eussent cousine | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent cousine. | I wish they had cousin-ed. |
elles | eussent cousine | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent cousine. | I wish they had cousin-ed. |
Other Conjugations for Cousiner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cousiner
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Cousiner – 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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