Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Introduction to the verb escoffier
The English translation of the French verb escoffier is “to scoff” or “to mock”. It is pronounced as “es-koh-fee-ay” in its infinitive form.
Escoffier comes from the Old French word “escovier” which means “to sweep away” or “to clear out”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past tense subjunctive mood that expresses an action that happened before another past action.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Il faut que tu aies escoffé le gâteau avant de le servir. (You had to have scoffed the cake before serving it.)
- Je ne crois pas qu’il ait escoffé tes idées sans raison. (I don’t believe he would have mocked your ideas for no reason.)
- Elle regrettait que nous ayons escoffé son invitation pour la soirée. (She regretted that we had scoffed at her invitation for the party.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of escoffier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse escoffié | Je crois que j’aurais aimé que je eusse escoffié. | I believe I would have liked if I had cooked like Escoffier. |
tu | eusses escoffié | Tu crois que j’aurais aimé que tu eusses escoffié. | You believe I would have liked if you had cooked like Escoffier. |
il | eût escoffié | Il croit que j’aurais aimé qu’il eût escoffié. | He believes I would have liked if he had cooked like Escoffier. |
elle | eût escoffié | Elle croit que j’aurais aimé qu’elle eût escoffié. | She believes I would have liked if she had cooked like Escoffier. |
on | eût escoffié | On croit que j’aurais aimé qu’on eût escoffié. | One believes I would have liked if one had cooked like Escoffier. |
nous | eussions escoffié | Nous croyons que j’aurais aimé que nous eussions escoffié. | We believe I would have liked if we had cooked like Escoffier. |
vous | eussiez escoffié | Vous croyez que j’aurais aimé que vous eussiez escoffié. | You believe I would have liked if you had cooked like Escoffier. |
ils | eussent escoffié | Ils croient que j’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent escoffié. | They believe I would have liked if they had cooked like Escoffier. |
elles | eussent escoffié | Elles croient que j’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent escoffié. | They believe I would have liked if they had cooked like Escoffier. |
Other Conjugations for Escoffier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb escoffier
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Escoffier – 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
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