Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Introduction to the verb embobiner
The English translation of the French verb embobiner is “to wrap up” or “to wind up.” It is pronounced as “ahm-boh-bee-nay.”
The origin of the verb embobiner comes from the noun bobine, which means “bobbin.” The prefix “em-” is used to indicate movement or action, so embobiner can be interpreted as “to put on a bobbin,” which is similar to the action of winding something up. This verb is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the most distant past tense in French.
Three examples of embobiner in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense are:
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J’avais embobiné la laine avant que tu n’arrives. (I had wound up the yarn before you arrived.)
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Elle avait embobiné le fil avec soin avant que le chat ne le déroule. (She had carefully wound up the thread before the cat unwound it.)
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Nous avions embobiné les câbles avant que la tempête ne frappe. (We had wrapped up the cables before the storm hit.)
English translations:
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I had wound up the yarn before you arrived.
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She had carefully wound up the thread before the cat unwound it.
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We had wrapped up the cables before the storm hit.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of embobiner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse embobiné | J’aurais aimé que je eusse embobiné. | I wish I had wound. |
tu | eusses embobiné | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses embobiné. | I wish you had wound. |
il | eût embobiné | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût embobiné. | I wish he had wound. |
elle | eût embobiné | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût embobiné. | I wish she had wound. |
on | eût embobiné | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût embobiné. | I wish one had wound. |
nous | eussions embobiné | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions embobiné. | I wish we had wound. |
vous | eussiez embobiné | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez embobiné. | I wish you had wound. |
ils | eussent embobiné | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent embobiné. | I wish they had wound. |
elles | eussent embobiné | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent embobiné. | I wish they had wound. |
Other Conjugations for Embobiner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
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Embobiner – 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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