Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Introduction to the verb décapoter
The English translation of the French verb décapoter is “to take off the top” or “to remove the roof.” The infinitive form is pronounced “day-kah-poh-tay.”
The word décapoter comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” meaning “down” or “off” and the noun “capote” which refers to a car’s convertible top. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of opening or removing the roof of a car.
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, décapoter is used to express a past hypothetical action. It is formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir” in the subjonctif imparfait and the past participle “décapoté.”
Here are three examples of décapoter used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies décapoté la voiture avant que la pluie ne commence. (I wish you had taken off the car’s roof before the rain started.)
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Il était possible que nous ayons décapoté la voiture si le soleil était resté. (It was possible that we would have opened the car’s roof if the sun had stayed.)
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Je me demandais si elle aurait décapoté la voiture si elle avait su que ça allait faire beau. (I was wondering if she would have removed the car’s roof if she had known it was going to be nice weather.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of décapoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse décapoté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse décapoté. | I wish I had uncapped. |
tu | eusses décapoté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses décapoté. | I wish you had uncapped. |
il | eût décapoté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût décapoté. | I wish he had uncapped. |
elle | eût décapoté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût décapoté. | I wish she had uncapped. |
on | eût décapoté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût décapoté. | I wish one had uncapped. |
nous | eussions décapoté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions décapoté. | I wish we had uncapped. |
vous | eussiez décapoté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez décapoté. | I wish you had uncapped. |
ils | eussent décapoté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent décapoté. | I wish they had uncapped. |
elles | eussent décapoté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent décapoté. | I wish they had uncapped. |
Other Conjugations for Décapoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapoter
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Décapoter – 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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