Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Introduction to the verb essarter
The English translation of the French verb essarter is “to clear land.” It is pronounced as “eh-sar-teh” in its infinitive form.
The origin of the word essarter can be traced back to the Old French word “sarter,” which means “to cut or clear.” It entered the French language around the 12th century and is derived from the Latin word “exartare,” which has the same meaning.
In everyday French, essarter is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past tense used to express a hypothetical situation in the past. It is formed by using the subjunctive form of the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” and the past participle of the main verb essarter.
Here are three examples of how essarter is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
1) J’aurais aimé qu’il eût essarté cette partie du terrain avant qu’il ne vende sa ferme.
Translation: I wish he had cleared this part of the land before he sold his farm.
2) Il fallait que nous eussions essarté les arbres avant qu’ils ne commencent à pousser.
Translation: We had to clear the trees before they started to grow.
3) Elle aurait souhaité que vous eussiez essarté la forêt avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.
Translation: She would have liked you to have cleared the forest before it was too late.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of essarter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse essarté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse essarté. | I wish I had cleared. |
tu | eusses essarté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses essarté. | I wish you had cleared. |
il | eût essarté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût essarté. | I wish he had cleared. |
elle | eût essarté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût essarté. | I wish she had cleared. |
on | eût essarté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût essarté. | I wish one had cleared. |
nous | eussions essarté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions essarté. | I wish we had cleared. |
vous | eussiez essarté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez essarté. | I wish you had cleared. |
ils | eussent essarté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent essarté. | I wish they had cleared. |
elles | eussent essarté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent essarté. | I wish they had cleared. |
Other Conjugations for Essarter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essarter
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Essarter – 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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