Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Introduction to the verb désurchauffer
The English translation of the French verb désurchauffer is “to cool down/to lower the temperature”. It is pronounced as “day-zoor-shoh-fay” in the infinitive form.
The word désurchauffer is derived from the prefix “dés-“, which means “un-” or “not”, and the verb “surchauffer”, which means “to overheat”. So, désurchauffer can be translated as “to un-overheat” or “to deheat”.
In everyday French, désurchauffer is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a past action that was desired or wished for but did not happen.
Examples:
- Il aurait fallu que tu désurchauffes le moteur avant de partir. (You should have cooled down the engine before leaving.)
- J’aurais souhaité que nous désurchauffions la salle avant la réunion. (I would have liked us to cool down the room before the meeting.)
- Il aurait été préférable que vous désurchauffiez les aliments avant de les servir. (It would have been better if you had cooled down the food before serving it.)
In all of these examples, the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense is used to express a past action that was desired but did not happen. The verb désurchauffer indicates the action that was desired to be done before the main action in the past.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of désurchauffer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse désurchauffé. | I wish I had turned off. |
tu | eusses désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses désurchauffé. | I wish you had turned off. |
il | eût désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût désurchauffé. | I wish he had turned off. |
elle | eût désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût désurchauffé. | I wish she had turned off. |
on | eût désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût désurchauffé. | I wish one had turned off. |
nous | eussions désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions désurchauffé. | I wish we had turned off. |
vous | eussiez désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez désurchauffé. | I wish you had turned off. |
ils | eussent désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent désurchauffé. | I wish they had turned off. |
elles | eussent désurchauffé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent désurchauffé. | I wish they had turned off. |
Other Conjugations for Désurchauffer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désurchauffer
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Désurchauffer – 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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