Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Introduction to the verb délicoter
The English translation of the French verb délicoter is “to unravel” or “to unthread.” It is pronounced as “day-lee-koh-tay” in its infinitive form.
Délicoter comes from the French word “lacet” which means lace or thread, and the prefix “dé-” which indicates a complete action or movement. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past subjunctive tense. This tense is used to express an action that took place before another past action.
Three simple examples of délicoter in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
- J’espérais que tu aies délicoté le fil avant de coudre. (I was hoping that you had unraveled the thread before sewing.)
- Il était surpris que je n’eusse pas délicoté les fils du tricot. (He was surprised that I had not unraveled the threads of the knitting.)
- Nous aurions aimé que vous eussiez délicoté les lacets avant de les jeter. (We would have liked it if you had unraveled the shoelaces before throwing them away.)
In these examples, délicoter is used in the past tense and in a hypothetical or uncertain context, which is why the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense is used. Its meaning of unraveling or unthreading is applied to different objects such as thread, knitting, and shoelaces. The English translations also use the past perfect tense to express the same time frame as the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait in French.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of délicoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse délicoté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse délicoté. | I wish I had untangled. |
tu | eusses délicoté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses délicoté. | I wish you had untangled. |
il | eût délicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût délicoté. | I wish he had untangled. |
elle | eût délicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût délicoté. | I wish she had untangled. |
on | eût délicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût délicoté. | I wish one had untangled. |
nous | eussions délicoté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions délicoté. | I wish we had untangled. |
vous | eussiez délicoté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez délicoté. | I wish you had untangled. |
ils | eussent délicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent délicoté. | I wish they had untangled. |
elles | eussent délicoté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent délicoté. | I wish they had untangled. |
Other Conjugations for Délicoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb délicoter
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Délicoter – 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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