Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Introduction to the verb déjeter
The English translation of the French verb déjeter is “to unseat” or “to remove from office.” The infinitive form of déjeter is pronounced as “day-zhe-tay.”
Déjeter comes from the Old French word “destier” which means “to unseat” or “to dismount from a horse.” It is derived from the Latin word “distare” which means “to leave” or “to abandon.”
In everyday French, déjeter is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express an action that had already been completed before another action in the past. This tense is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the imperfect subjunctive form, followed by the past participle of déjeter.
Here are three simple examples of déjeter in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
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Il avait déjété le président avant que la nouvelle loi ne soit promulguée.
(He had unseated the president before the new law was enacted.) -
Nous avions déjété le dictateur avant qu’il ne puisse causer plus de dommages.
(We had removed the dictator before he could cause more damage.) -
J’avais déjété le maire quand j’ai découvert ses actes de corruption.
(I had ousted the mayor when I discovered his acts of corruption.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of déjeter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse déjeté | J’avais espéré que je eusse déjeté. | I had hoped that I had thrown. |
tu | eusses déjeté | J’avais espéré que tu eusses déjeté. | I had hoped that you had thrown. |
il | eût déjeté | J’avais espéré qu’il eût déjeté. | I had hoped that he had thrown. |
elle | eût déjeté | J’avais espéré qu’elle eût déjeté. | I had hoped that she had thrown. |
on | eût déjeté | J’avais espéré qu’on eût déjeté. | I had hoped that one had thrown. |
nous | eussions déjeté | J’avais espéré que nous eussions déjeté. | I had hoped that we had thrown. |
vous | eussiez déjeté | J’avais espéré que vous eussiez déjeté. | I had hoped that you had thrown. |
ils | eussent déjeté | J’avais espéré qu’ils eussent déjeté. | I had hoped that they had thrown. |
elles | eussent déjeté | J’avais espéré qu’elles eussent déjeté. | I had hoped that they had thrown. |
Other Conjugations for Déjeter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjeter
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Déjeter – 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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