Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Introduction to the verb disposer
The English translation of the French verb disposer is “to dispose” or “to arrange”. The infinitive form, disposer, is pronounced “dee-spoh-zay.”
The word disposer comes from the Latin word disposare, which means “to arrange” or “to put in order.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the subjonctif plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express an action that would have happened before another action in the past.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, along with their English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies déjà disposé la table avant que les invités arrivent. (I would have liked for you to have already set the table before the guests arrived.)
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Nous étions contents qu’il eût disposé toutes les chaises dans la salle avant le début de la réunion. (We were happy that he had arranged all the chairs in the room before the start of the meeting.)
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Il était important que les fleurs eussent été disposées avant le début de la cérémonie. (It was important that the flowers had been arranged before the start of the ceremony.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of disposer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse disposé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse disposé mon temps différemment. | I wish I had arranged my time differently. |
tu | eusses disposé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses disposé de plus de temps. | I wish you had arranged for more time. |
il | eût disposé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût disposé de ses ressources de manière plus équitable. | I wish he had distributed his resources more fairly. |
elle | eût disposé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût disposé de sa vie autrement. | I wish she had arranged her life differently. |
on | eût disposé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût disposé de ce bien plus tôt. | I wish one had arranged for this good earlier. |
nous | eussions disposé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions disposé de plus d’informations. | I wish we had had more information. |
vous | eussiez disposé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez disposé d’une plus grande variété de choix. | I wish you had arranged for a wider variety of options. |
ils | eussent disposé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent disposé de leur argent de manière plus responsable. | I wish they had managed their money more responsibly. |
elles | eussent disposé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent disposé de plus de liberté. | I wish they had had more freedom. |
Other Conjugations for Disposer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb disposer
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Disposer – 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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