Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Introduction to the verb culpabiliser
The English translation of the French verb culpabiliser is “to make someone feel guilty” or “to make someone blame themselves”. The infinitive form of culpabiliser is pronounced as “kuhl-pee-buh-lee-zay”.
Culpabiliser comes from the Latin word “culpa” meaning “guilt” and the French suffix “-iser” meaning “to make”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express past actions or situations that could have influenced someone to feel guilty.
Three simple examples of using culpabiliser in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
- J’ai regretté de lui avoir menti, car cela l’a culpabilisé. (I regretted lying to him, because it made him feel guilty.)
- Elle avait toujours été gentille avec moi, mais sa réaction m’a culpabilisée. (She had always been kind to me, but her reaction made me feel guilty.)
- Si je n’avais pas été absent ce jour-là, elle ne se serait pas culpabilisée de son échec. (If I hadn’t been absent that day, she wouldn’t have blamed herself for her failure.)
In these examples, culpabiliser is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to emphasize the past actions or events that caused someone to feel guilty. The English translations also use the helping verb “have” to convey the past tense.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of culpabiliser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse culpabilisé | Si seulement j’avais su, j’aurais aimé que je eusse culpabilisé. | If only I had known, I wish I had felt guilty. |
tu | eusses culpabilisé | Si seulement tu avais su, j’aurais aimé que tu eusses culpabilisé. | If only you had known, I wish you had felt guilty. |
il | eût culpabilisé | Si seulement il avait su, j’aurais aimé qu’il eût culpabilisé. | If only he had known, I wish he had felt guilty. |
elle | eût culpabilisé | Si seulement elle avait su, j’aurais aimé qu’elle eût culpabilisé. | If only she had known, I wish she had felt guilty. |
on | eût culpabilisé | Si seulement on avait su, j’aurais aimé qu’on eût culpabilisé. | If only one had known, I wish one had felt guilty. |
nous | eussions culpabilisé | Si seulement nous avions su, j’aurais aimé que nous eussions culpabilisé. | If only we had known, I wish we had felt guilty. |
vous | eussiez culpabilisé | Si seulement vous aviez su, j’aurais aimé que vous eussiez culpabilisé. | If only you had known, I wish you had felt guilty. |
ils | eussent culpabilisé | Si seulement ils avaient su, j’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent culpabilisé. | If only they had known, I wish they had felt guilty. |
elles | eussent culpabilisé | Si seulement elles avaient su, j’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent culpabilisé. | If only they had known, I wish they had felt guilty. |
Other Conjugations for Culpabiliser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb culpabiliser
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Culpabiliser – 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
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