Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Introduction to the verb embringuer
The English translation of the French verb embringuer is “to involve” or “to entangle.” It is pronounced as “ahm-brin-ger” in its infinitive form.
The word embringuer comes from the combination of the prefix “en-” meaning “in” and the verb “briguer” meaning “to seek or aspire.” It originated in the 12th century as a military term meaning “to involve in battle” and later evolved to have a broader meaning of “to involve in a situation.”
In everyday French, embringuer is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical action that occurred before another action in the past.
Examples:
- Il fallait que je me dépêche car je craignais de m’embringuer dans le trafic. (I had to hurry because I feared getting involved in traffic.)
- Nous ne pensions pas qu’elle se serait embringuée dans une telle situation. (We didn’t think she would get involved in such a situation.)
- Vous auriez dû être plus prudent pour ne pas vous embringuer dans cette affaire. (You should have been more careful to not get involved in this matter.)
English translations:
- I had to hurry because I feared getting stuck in traffic.
- We didn’t think she would get involved in such a situation.
- You should have been more careful to not get involved in this matter.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of embringuer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse embringué | J’aurais aimé que je eusse embringué. | I wish I had entangled. |
tu | eusses embringué | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses embringué. | I wish you had entangled. |
il | eût embringué | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût embringué. | I wish he had entangled. |
elle | eût embringué | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût embringué. | I wish she had entangled. |
on | eût embringué | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût embringué. | I wish one had entangled. |
nous | eussions embringué | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions embringué. | I wish we had entangled. |
vous | eussiez embringué | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez embringué. | I wish you had entangled. |
ils | eussent embringué | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent embringué. | I wish they had entangled. |
elles | eussent embringué | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent embringué. | I wish they had entangled. |
Other Conjugations for Embringuer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embringuer
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Embringuer – 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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