Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Introduction to the verb endimancher
The English translation of the French verb endimancher is “to dress up for Sunday” or “to get dressed up for a special occasion”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn-dee-mahn-shay”.
The word endimancher comes from the French word “dimanche” meaning Sunday. It is a compound word made up of “en” meaning “in” and “dimanche” meaning Sunday. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express a hypothetical situation or an action that would have taken place in the past.
Examples:
- Nous aurions endimanché nos enfants si nous avions assisté au mariage de mon frère. (We would have dressed up our children if we had attended my brother’s wedding.)
- Ils auraient endimanché leur maison pour la visite de leurs grands-parents. (They would have dressed up their house for the visit of their grandparents.)
- J’aurais endimanché ma tenue si j’avais su que j’allais rencontrer le président. (I would have dressed up my outfit if I had known I was going to meet the president.)
In all these examples, the verb endimancher is conjugated in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, indicating a past hypothetical action. The English translations also use the past conditional tense to express the same idea.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of endimancher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse endimanché | Il était temps que je eusse endimanché. | It was time that I dressed up. |
tu | eusses endimanché | Il était temps que tu eusses endimanché. | It was time that you dressed up. |
il | eût endimanché | Il était temps qu’il eût endimanché. | It was time that he dressed up. |
elle | eût endimanché | Il était temps qu’elle eût endimanché. | It was time that she dressed up. |
on | eût endimanché | Il était temps qu’on eût endimanché. | It was time that one dressed up. |
nous | eussions endimanché | Il était temps que nous eussions endimanché. | It was time that we dressed up. |
vous | eussiez endimanché | Il était temps que vous eussiez endimanché. | It was time that you dressed up. |
ils | eussent endimanché | Il était temps qu’ils eussent endimanché. | It was time that they dressed up. |
elles | eussent endimanché | Il était temps qu’elles eussent endimanché. | It was time that they dressed up. |
Other Conjugations for Endimancher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb endimancher
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Endimancher – 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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