Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Introduction to the verb essayer
The English translation of the French verb essayer is “to try” or “to attempt.” The infinitive form of essayer is pronounced as “es-seh-yay.”
The origin of the word essayer comes from the Old French term “essai,” which means “trial” or “test.” The verb essayer is often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical action that would have happened in the past.
Here are three simple examples of essayer in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, with their English translations:
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J’avais essayé de te contacter hier soir, mais tu n’étais pas disponible. (I had tried to contact you last night, but you weren’t available.)
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Si tu avais essayé plus fort, tu aurais réussi. (If you had tried harder, you would have succeeded.)
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Ils m’ont dit qu’ils avaient essayé de réserver une table, mais il n’y en avait plus. (They told me they had tried to book a table, but there weren’t any left.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of essayer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse essayé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse essayé. | I wish I had tried. |
tu | eusses essayé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses essayé. | I wish you had tried. |
il | eût essayé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût essayé. | I wish he had tried. |
elle | eût essayé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût essayé. | I wish she had tried. |
on | eût essayé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût essayé. | I wish one had tried. |
nous | eussions essayé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions essayé. | I wish we had tried. |
vous | eussiez essayé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez essayé. | I wish you had tried. |
ils | eussent essayé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent essayé. | I wish they had tried. |
elles | eussent essayé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent essayé. | I wish they had tried. |
Other Conjugations for Essayer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essayer
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Essayer – 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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