Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Introduction to the verb désabuser
The English translation of the French verb désabuser is “to disillusion” or “to disabuse”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-zah-buh-zay”.
The language origin of désabuser comes from the prefix “dé-“, which means “to undo” or “to remove”, and the verb “abuser”, which means “to abuse” or “to deceive”. Together, désabuser means “to remove the deception” or “to disillusion”.
In everyday French, désabuser is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or unreal action that happened before another action in the past. For example, “Si j’avais su que c’était un menteur, je me serais désabusée plus tôt.” (If I had known he was a liar, I would have become disillusioned earlier.)
Here are three more examples of désabuser in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their respective English translations:
- Il avait espéré que son mariage serait parfait, mais il s’était désabusé après quelques années. (He had hoped his marriage would be perfect, but he became disillusioned after a few years.)
- Si j’avais vu ses véritables intentions plus tôt, je me serais désabusée plus tôt. (If I had seen his true intentions earlier, I would have become disillusioned earlier.)
- Elle s’était désabusée de l’amour après plusieurs déceptions amoureuses. (She had become disillusioned with love after several romantic disappointments.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of désabuser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse désabusé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse désabusé. | I wish I had disillusioned. |
tu | eusses désabusé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses désabusé. | I wish you had disillusioned. |
il | eût désabusé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût désabusé. | I wish he had disillusioned. |
elle | eût désabusé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût désabusé. | I wish she had disillusioned. |
on | eût désabusé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût désabusé. | I wish one had disillusioned. |
nous | eussions désabusé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions désabusé. | I wish we had disillusioned. |
vous | eussiez désabusé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez désabusé. | I wish you had disillusioned. |
ils | eussent désabusé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent désabusé. | I wish they had disillusioned. |
elles | eussent désabusé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent désabusé. | I wish they had disillusioned. |
Other Conjugations for Désabuser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désabuser
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Désabuser – 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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