Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Introduction to the verb driver
The English translation of the French verb “driver” is “to drive.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “dree-vay.”
The word “driver” comes from the Old French word “drivere,” which originally meant “a drover or someone who herds animals.” It later evolved to mean “one who drives a vehicle” in the 19th century.
In everyday French, the verb “driver” is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a hypothetical action that would have occurred in the past.
Examples:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies driver plus prudemment. (I wish you had driven more cautiously.)
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Il est dommage que nous ayons dû driver sous la pluie. (It’s a shame that we had to drive in the rain.)
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Je me demande s’il aurait driver toute la nuit. (I wonder if he would have driven all night.)
English translations:
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I wish you had driven more cautiously.
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It’s a shame that we had to drive in the rain.
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I wonder if he would have driven all night.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of driver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse conduit | J’aurais aimé que je eusse conduit. | I wish I had driven. |
tu | eusses conduit | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses conduit. | I wish you had driven. |
il | eût conduit | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût conduit. | I wish he had driven. |
elle | eût conduit | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût conduit. | I wish she had driven. |
on | eût conduit | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût conduit. | I wish one had driven. |
nous | eussions conduit | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions conduit. | I wish we had driven. |
vous | eussiez conduit | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez conduit. | I wish you had driven. |
ils | eussent conduit | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent conduit. | I wish they had driven. |
elles | eussent conduit | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent conduit. | I wish they had driven. |
Other Conjugations for Driver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb driver
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Driver – 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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