Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Introduction to the verb embroncher
The English translation of the French verb embroncher is “to engage” or “to start.” It is pronounced as “ahn-bron-shay.”
The language origin of embroncher comes from the Old French word “embronchier,” meaning “to put on a branch or peg.” In modern-day French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical or imaginary action that occurred before another past action.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
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J’aurais aimé qu’il se soit embronché plus tôt dans le projet. (I would have liked for him to have engaged in the project earlier.)
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Si tu avais embronché cette conversation avec lui, les choses n’auraient pas dégénéré. (If you had started this conversation with him, things wouldn’t have escalated.)
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Nous aurions dû nous embroncher dans ce travail il y a longtemps. (We should have engaged in this work a long time ago.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of embroncher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse embronché | J’aurais aimé que je eusse embronché. | I wish I had impaled. |
tu | eusses embronché | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses embronché. | I wish you had impaled. |
il | eût embronché | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût embronché. | I wish he had impaled. |
elle | eût embronché | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût embronché. | I wish she had impaled. |
on | eût embronché | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût embronché. | I wish one had impaled. |
nous | eussions embronché | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions embronché. | I wish we had impaled. |
vous | eussiez embronché | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez embronché. | I wish you had impaled. |
ils | eussent embronché | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent embronché. | I wish they had impaled. |
elles | eussent embronché | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent embronché. | I wish they had impaled. |
Other Conjugations for Embroncher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroncher
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Embroncher – 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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