Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Introduction to the verb desceller
The English translation of the French verb desceller is “to unseal” or “to break the seal.” The infinitive form is pronounced “de-suh-lay.”
Desceller comes from the Old French word “desseler,” which is derived from the Latin word “dissellare,” meaning “to loosen or unseal.” In everyday French, desceller is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past subjunctive tense used to express an action that would have occurred before another past action.
Examples:
- Il fallait que j’eusse descellé la porte avant que les invités n’arrivent. (I had to unseal the door before the guests arrived.)
- Je craignais qu’il eût déjà descellé le document avant que je n’arrive. (I was afraid that he had already broken the seal on the document before I arrived.)
- Il était important que vous eussiez descellé le coffre avant que la police n’arrive. (It was important that you had unsealed the safe before the police arrived.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of desceller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse descellé | Il était nécessaire que je eusse descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for me to have solved the mystery. |
tu | eusses descellé | Il était nécessaire que tu eusses descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for you to have solved the mystery. |
il | eût descellé | Il était nécessaire qu’il eût descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for him to have solved the mystery. |
elle | eût descellé | Il était nécessaire qu’elle eût descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for her to have solved the mystery. |
on | eût descellé | Il était nécessaire qu’on eût descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for one to have solved the mystery. |
nous | eussions descellé | Il était nécessaire que nous eussions descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for us to have solved the mystery. |
vous | eussiez descellé | Il était nécessaire que vous eussiez descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for you to have solved the mystery. |
ils | eussent descellé | Il était nécessaire qu’ils eussent descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for them to have solved the mystery. |
elles | eussent descellé | Il était nécessaire qu’elles eussent descellé le mystère. | It was necessary for them to have solved the mystery. |
Other Conjugations for Desceller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb desceller
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Desceller – 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
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