Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Introduction to the verb déposséder
The English translation of the French verb déposséder is “to dispossess” or “to deprive”. It is pronounced as “day-poe-zay-day”.
The word déposséder comes from the Old French word “despossedier”, which can be traced back to the Latin word “dispossidere”, meaning “to take away from”. In everyday French, déposséder is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a literary tense used to express an action that occurred before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of déposséder in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, along with their English translations:
- J’aurais aimé qu’il eût dépossédé son frère de la maison familiale. (I would have liked for him to have dispossessed his brother of the family home.)
- Si elle avait gagné le procès, elle l’aurait dépossédé de sa fortune. (If she had won the trial, she would have deprived him of his fortune.)
- Il avait peur que la guerre ne l’eût dépossédé de son pays natal. (He was afraid that the war had dispossessed him of his native country.)
In these examples, déposséder is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a hypothetical or unreal past action. It is often used in literature or formal writing to convey a sense of regret, fear, or resentment.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of déposséder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse dépossédé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse dépossédé. | I wish I had dispossessed. |
tu | eusses dépossédé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses dépossédé. | I wish you had dispossessed. |
il | eût dépossédé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût dépossédé. | I wish he had dispossessed. |
elle | eût dépossédé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût dépossédé. | I wish she had dispossessed. |
on | eût dépossédé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût dépossédé. | I wish one had dispossessed. |
nous | eussions dépossédé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions dépossédé. | I wish we had dispossessed. |
vous | eussiez dépossédé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez dépossédé. | I wish you had dispossessed. |
ils | eussent dépossédé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent dépossédé. | I wish they had dispossessed. |
elles | eussent dépossédé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent dépossédé. | I wish they had dispossessed. |
Other Conjugations for Déposséder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déposséder
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Déposséder – 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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