Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Introduction to the verb empierrer
The English translation of the French verb empierrer is “to pave with stones.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn-pyehr-eh.”
The verb empierrer comes from the French words “en” (in) and “pierre” (stone), and is derived from the Latin word “petra” meaning “rock.” It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of laying stones to create a paved surface, such as a road or a pathway.
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical past action, empierrer is conjugated as follows:
- J’eusse empierré (I would have paved)
- Tu eusses empierré (You would have paved)
- Il/elle eût empierré (He/she would have paved)
- Nous eussions empierré (We would have paved)
- Vous eussiez empierré (You would have paved)
- Ils/elles eussent empierré (They would have paved)
Here are three simple examples of empierrer in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with their English translations:
- Si j’eusse empierré ce chemin, il ne serait pas si boueux maintenant. (If I had paved this path, it wouldn’t be so muddy now.)
- Nous eussions empierré toute la cour si nous avions eu le temps. (We would have paved the entire courtyard if we had had the time.)
- Il eût fallu que vous eussiez empierré la rue avant que la pluie ne commence. (You would have had to pave the street before the rain started.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of empierrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse empierré | J’aurais aimé que je eusse empierré. | I wish I had paved. |
tu | eusses empierré | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses empierré. | I wish you had paved. |
il | eût empierré | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût empierré. | I wish he had paved. |
elle | eût empierré | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût empierré. | I wish she had paved. |
on | eût empierré | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût empierré. | I wish one had paved. |
nous | eussions empierré | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions empierré. | I wish we had paved. |
vous | eussiez empierré | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez empierré. | I wish you had paved. |
ils | eussent empierré | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent empierré. | I wish they had paved. |
elles | eussent empierré | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent empierré. | I wish they had paved. |
Other Conjugations for Empierrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empierrer
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Empierrer – 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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