Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Introduction to the verb employer
- The English translation of the French verb employer is “to use” or “to employ.” It can also mean “to hire” or “to make use of.”
The infinitive form of employer is pronounced as “awm-plo-yay.”
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The word employer comes from the Latin verb “implicare” meaning “to involve” or “to entangle.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past tense used to express actions that hypothetically could have happened in the past.
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Examples of employer in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
- J’aurais aimé que tu aies employé ta voiture plus tôt. (I wish you had used your car earlier.)
- Il était possible que nous ayons employé la mauvaise méthode. (It was possible that we used the wrong method.)
- Elle aurait voulu que vous ayez employé plus de temps pour réfléchir. (She would have wanted you to use more time to think.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of employer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse employé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse employé. | I wish I had used. |
tu | eusses employé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses employé. | I wish you had used. |
il | eût employé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût employé. | I wish he had used. |
elle | eût employé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût employé. | I wish she had used. |
on | eût employé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût employé. | I wish one had used. |
nous | eussions employé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions employé. | I wish we had used. |
vous | eussiez employé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez employé. | I wish you had used. |
ils | eussent employé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent employé. | I wish they had used. |
elles | eussent employé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent employé. | I wish they had used. |
Other Conjugations for Employer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb employer
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Employer – 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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