Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Introduction to the verb escarmoucher
The English translation of the French verb escarmoucher is “to skirmish.” It is pronounced as “es-kar-moo-shay” in the infinitive form.
Escarmoucher comes from the Old French word “escarmochier” which means “to jostle” or “to skirmish.” This word is derived from the Middle Dutch word “scarmutsen” which means “to skirmish.”
In everyday French, escarmoucher is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses an action that would have already been completed in the past if another action had not intervened. This tense is used after certain conjunctions and expressions, such as “avant que” (before), “bien que” (although), and “pour que” (so that).
Here are three examples of escarmoucher used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their English translations:
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Il avait peur que les deux armées n’aient escarmouché avant la trêve. (He was afraid that the two armies would have skirmished before the truce.)
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Nous étions déjà partis avant que les ennemis n’eussent commencé à escarmoucher. (We had already left before the enemies had started to skirmish.)
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Les archers étaient prêts à tirer leurs flèches pour que les soldats ennemis n’eussent pas pu les escarmoucher. (The archers were ready to shoot their arrows so that the enemy soldiers would not have been able to skirmish them.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of escarmoucher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse escarmouché | J’aurais aimé que je eusse escarmouché. | I wish I had skirmished. |
tu | eusses escarmouché | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses escarmouché. | I wish you had skirmished. |
il | eût escarmouché | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût escarmouché. | I wish he had skirmished. |
elle | eût escarmouché | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût escarmouché. | I wish she had skirmished. |
on | eût escarmouché | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût escarmouché. | I wish one had skirmished. |
nous | eussions escarmouché | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions escarmouché. | I wish we had skirmished. |
vous | eussiez escarmouché | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez escarmouché. | I wish you had skirmished. |
ils | eussent escarmouché | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent escarmouché. | I wish they had skirmished. |
elles | eussent escarmouché | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent escarmouché. | I wish they had skirmished. |
Other Conjugations for Escarmoucher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escarmoucher
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Escarmoucher – 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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