Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Introduction to the verb débalourder
The English translation of the French verb débalourder is “to tidy up” or “to put in order.” It is pronounced as “day-bal-oor-day.”
Débalourder comes from the word “balourd,” which means clumsy or awkward. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses an action that would have taken place before another past action in the subjunctive mood.
Examples:
- Il fallait que je débalourdasse ma chambre avant que mes parents n’arrivent. (I had to tidy up my room before my parents arrived.)
- Nous aurions aimé que vous débalourdassiez vos affaires avant notre arrivée. (We would have liked for you to tidy up your things before our arrival.)
- Il était nécessaire que nous débalourdassions la salle de réunion avant la réunion avec le client. (It was necessary for us to tidy up the meeting room before the meeting with the client.)
In each of these sentences, the action of tidying up (débalourder) would have been completed before the other past action took place. In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, débalourder is conjugated as follows:
- je débalourdasse
- tu débalourdasses
- il/elle/on débalourdat
- nous débalourdassions
- vous débalourdassiez
- ils/elles débalourdaient
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of débalourder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse débalourder | J’aurais aimé que je eusse débalourder. | I wish I had decluttered. |
tu | eusses débalourder | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses débalourder. | I wish you had decluttered. |
il | eût débalourder | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût débalourder. | I wish he had decluttered. |
elle | eût débalourder | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût débalourder. | I wish she had decluttered. |
on | eût débalourder | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût débalourder. | I wish one had decluttered. |
nous | eussions débalourder | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions débalourder. | I wish we had decluttered. |
vous | eussiez débalourder | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez débalourder. | I wish you had decluttered. |
ils | eussent débalourder | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent débalourder. | I wish they had decluttered. |
elles | eussent débalourder | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent débalourder. | I wish they had decluttered. |
Other Conjugations for Débalourder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb débalourder
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Débalourder – 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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