Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Introduction to the verb embastiller
The English translation of the French verb embastiller is “to imprison” or “to lock up”. It is pronounced as ahn-bahs-tee-yay.
The language origin of embastiller can be traced back to the French word “bastille”, which means fortress or prison. The prefix “em-” adds the meaning of “to put in” or “to take on”. In everyday French, embastiller is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past tense used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that occurred before another past action.
Examples of embastiller in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
- Ils craignaient que le président les ait embastillés pour leur participation à la manifestation. (They feared that the president had imprisoned them for their participation in the protest.)
- J’aurais été embastillé si je n’avais pas réussi à échapper à la police. (I would have been locked up if I hadn’t managed to escape the police.)
- Il était heureux que son ami l’ait aidé à s’enfuir avant d’être embastillé pour ses dettes. (He was relieved that his friend had helped him escape before he was imprisoned for his debts.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of embastiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse embastillé | J’aimerais que je eusse embastillé ces criminels. | I wish I had imprisoned these criminals. |
tu | eusses embastillé | J’aimerais que tu eusses embastillé ces criminels. | I wish you had imprisoned these criminals. |
il | eût embastillé | J’aimerais qu’il eût embastillé ces criminels. | I wish he had imprisoned these criminals. |
elle | eût embastillé | J’aimerais qu’elle eût embastillé ces criminels. | I wish she had imprisoned these criminals. |
on | eût embastillé | J’aimerais qu’on eût embastillé ces criminels. | I wish one had imprisoned these criminals. |
nous | eussions embastillé | J’aimerais que nous eussions embastillé ces criminels. | I wish we had imprisoned these criminals. |
vous | eussiez embastillé | J’aimerais que vous eussiez embastillé ces criminels. | I wish you had imprisoned these criminals. |
ils | eussent embastillé | J’aimerais qu’ils eussent embastillé ces criminels. | I wish they had imprisoned these criminals. |
elles | eussent embastillé | J’aimerais qu’elles eussent embastillé ces criminels. | I wish they had imprisoned these criminals. |
Other Conjugations for Embastiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embastiller
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Embastiller – 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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