Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Introduction to the verb déminer
The English translation of the French verb déminer is “to defuse” or “to remove mines.” It is pronounced as “day-mee-nay” in its infinitive form.
Déminer comes from the Latin word “minare,” meaning “to set mines.” It entered the French language in the 14th century, referring to the action of removing mines from a battlefield. Since then, it has evolved to also mean the removal of any dangerous objects or situations.
In everyday French, déminer is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a hypothetical or unreal action that took place before another action in the past.
Here are three examples of déminer used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
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J’aurais préféré que tu aies déminé le terrain avant l’arrivée des enfants. (I would have preferred that you had defused the situation before the arrival of the children.)
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Le président a regretté que les autorités n’aient pas déminé la région avant le début du conflit. (The president regretted that the authorities had not cleared the area before the start of the conflict.)
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Il était important que nous ayons déminé le chantier avant de commencer les travaux de construction. (It was important that we had removed any potential hazards from the construction site before starting the work.)
In all of these examples, déminer is used to express an action that should have taken place before another action in the past. Its usage in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense emphasizes the unreal or hypothetical aspect of the action.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of déminer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse déminé | J’aurais souhaité que je eusse déminé. | I wish I had defused. |
tu | eusses déminé | J’aurais souhaité que tu eusses déminé. | I wish you had defused. |
il | eût déminé | J’aurais souhaité qu’il eût déminé. | I wish he had defused. |
elle | eût déminé | J’aurais souhaité qu’elle eût déminé. | I wish she had defused. |
on | eût déminé | J’aurais souhaité qu’on eût déminé. | I wish one had defused. |
nous | eussions déminé | J’aurais souhaité que nous eussions déminé. | I wish we had defused. |
vous | eussiez déminé | J’aurais souhaité que vous eussiez déminé. | I wish you had defused. |
ils | eussent déminé | J’aurais souhaité qu’ils eussent déminé. | I wish they had defused. |
elles | eussent déminé | J’aurais souhaité qu’elles eussent déminé. | I wish they had defused. |
Other Conjugations for Déminer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déminer
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Déminer – 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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