Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Introduction to the verb empailler
The English translation of the French verb empailler is “to stuff (an animal)”. It is pronounced as “ahm-pah-yay”.
The word empailler comes from the French word “paille” meaning straw, and the prefix “en-” which adds emphasis. It was originally used to describe the process of stuffing straw into a dead animal’s skin to preserve it as a taxidermy.
In everyday French, empailler is often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a literary tense used to express a hypothetical or unreal past action. It is formed by using the past tense of the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” followed by the past participle of the verb. This tense is used to express something that could have happened in the past, but did not actually happen.
Here are three examples of empailler in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
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Il avait fallu que nous empaillions l’ours avant que le musée ne le reçoive. (We would have had to stuff the bear before the museum received it.)
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Si vous aviez empaillé le cerf, il serait encore accroché au mur. (If you had stuffed the deer, it would still be hanging on the wall.)
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Elle aurait aimé que son père empaillât son chien bien-aimé pour le garder à jamais. (She would have liked her father to stuff her beloved dog to keep it forever.)
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It had been necessary for us to stuff the bear before the museum received it.
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If you had stuffed the deer, it would still be hanging on the wall.
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She would have liked her father to stuff her beloved dog to keep it forever.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of empailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse empaillé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse empaillé. | I wish I had stuffed. |
tu | eusses empaillé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses empaillé. | I wish you had stuffed. |
il | eût empaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût empaillé. | I wish he had stuffed. |
elle | eût empaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût empaillé. | I wish she had stuffed. |
on | eût empaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût empaillé. | I wish one had stuffed. |
nous | eussions empaillé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions empaillé. | I wish we had stuffed. |
vous | eussiez empaillé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez empaillé. | I wish you had stuffed. |
ils | eussent empaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent empaillé. | I wish they had stuffed. |
elles | eussent empaillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent empaillé. | I wish they had stuffed. |
Other Conjugations for Empailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empailler
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Empailler – 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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