Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Introduction to the verb dauber
The English translation of the French verb dauber is “to smear” or “to daub.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “doh-bay.”
Dauber comes from the Old French word “daube” which means “to paint” or “to coat with a layer.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express an action that is completed before another action in the past. In this tense, dauber is conjugated as “j’aie daubé” for the first person singular, “tu aies daubé” for the second person singular, “il/elle ait daubé” for the third person singular, “nous ayons daubé” for the first person plural, “vous ayez daubé” for the second person plural, and “ils/elles aient daubé” for the third person plural.
Here are three simple examples of dauber in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies daubé les murs avant que je revienne. (I would have liked for you to have painted the walls before I came back.)
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Il était content que son fils ait enfin daubé le tableau qu’il lui avait demandé de faire. (He was happy that his son had finally painted the painting he had asked him to do.)
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Les invités étaient partis avant que la nourriture que j’aie daubée ait refroidi. (The guests had left before the food that I had smeared had cooled down.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of dauber
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse daubé | Si seulement j’avais eusse daubé. | If only I had daubed. |
tu | eusses daubé | Si seulement tu avais eusses daubé. | If only you had daubed. |
il | eût daubé | Si seulement il avait eût daubé. | If only he had daubed. |
elle | eût daubé | Si seulement elle avait eût daubé. | If only she had daubed. |
on | eût daubé | Si seulement on avait eût daubé. | If only one had daubed. |
nous | eussions daubé | Si seulement nous avions eussions daubé. | If only we had daubed. |
vous | eussiez daubé | Si seulement vous aviez eussiez daubé. | If only you had daubed. |
ils | eussent daubé | Si seulement ils avaient eussent daubé. | If only they had daubed. |
elles | eussent daubé | Si seulement elles avaient eussent daubé. | If only they had daubed. |
Other Conjugations for Dauber.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dauber
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Dauber – 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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