Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Introduction to the verb essaimer
The English translation of the French verb essaimer is “to swarm” or “to spread out.” It is pronounced as “eh-seh-may.”
The word essaimer comes from the Old French word “essain,” meaning swarm or group of bees, which ultimately comes from the Latin word “examen,” meaning swarm or beehive. In everyday French, essaimer is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical past action that is completed before another past action.
Here are three examples of essaimer used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, along with their English translations:
- Il fallait que les abeilles aient essaimé avant que je puisse récolter le miel. (It was necessary for the bees to have swarmed before I could harvest the honey.)
- Elle doutait que les oiseaux aient essaimé vers le sud avant l’arrivée de l’hiver. (She doubted that the birds had migrated south before the arrival of winter.)
- Nous avions peur que les étourneaux eussent essaimé dans notre jardin pendant notre absence. (We were afraid that the starlings had swarmed in our garden while we were away.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of essaimer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse essaimé | Il aurait aimé que je eusse essaimé. | I wish I had sown. |
tu | eusses essaimé | Il aurait aimé que tu eusses essaimé. | I wish you had sown. |
il | eût essaimé | Il aurait aimé qu’il eût essaimé. | I wish he had sown. |
elle | eût essaimé | Il aurait aimé qu’elle eût essaimé. | I wish she had sown. |
on | eût essaimé | Il aurait aimé qu’on eût essaimé. | I wish one had sown. |
nous | eussions essaimé | Il aurait aimé que nous eussions essaimé. | I wish we had sown. |
vous | eussiez essaimé | Il aurait aimé que vous eussiez essaimé. | I wish you had sown. |
ils | eussent essaimé | Il aurait aimé qu’ils eussent essaimé. | I wish they had sown. |
elles | eussent essaimé | Il aurait aimé qu’elles eussent essaimé. | I wish they had sown. |
Other Conjugations for Essaimer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
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Essaimer – 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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