Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Introduction to the verb déparler
The English translation of the French verb déparler is “to backbite” or “to speak ill of someone behind their back.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-par-lay.”
Déparler is derived from the Old French word “desparler,” which comes from the Latin word “disparlare,” meaning “to speak evil of.” It is a compound of the prefix “dé-” which means “undoing of” and the verb “parler” which means “to speak.”
In everyday French, déparler is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses an action that took place before another action in the past. It is used to talk about something that someone had spoken ill of in the past.
Here are three examples of déparler in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
- J’espérais qu’elle n’ait pas déparlé de moi devant ses amis. (I hoped she hadn’t spoken ill of me in front of her friends.)
- Il était étonné que tu aies déparlé de ton collègue à ton patron. (He was surprised that you had backbitten your colleague to your boss.)
- Nous craignions que vous n’ayez déparlé de notre projet à vos concurrents. (We were afraid that you had backstabbed us by talking about our project to your competitors.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of déparler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse déparlé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse déparlé. | I wish I had spoken badly. |
tu | eusses déparlé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses déparlé. | I wish you had spoken badly. |
il | eût déparlé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût déparlé. | I wish he had spoken badly. |
elle | eût déparlé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût déparlé. | I wish she had spoken badly. |
on | eût déparlé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût déparlé. | I wish one had spoken badly. |
nous | eussions déparlé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions déparlé. | I wish we had spoken badly. |
vous | eussiez déparlé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez déparlé. | I wish you had spoken badly. |
ils | eussent déparlé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent déparlé. | I wish they had spoken badly. |
elles | eussent déparlé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent déparlé. | I wish they had spoken badly. |
Other Conjugations for Déparler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déparler
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Déparler – 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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