Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Introduction to the verb estampiller
The English translation of the French verb estampiller is “to stamp” or “to mark”. In French, the infinitive form of estampiller is pronounced as “es-tam-pee-yay”.
Estampiller comes from the French word “estampe”, which means “stamp” or “imprint”. It is derived from the Latin word “stampea”, meaning “to stamp”.
In everyday French, estampiller is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a literary tense used to express a past action that is hypothetical or uncertain.
Here are 3 examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
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Il fallait que je l’eusse estampillé avant de le donner à la poste. (It was necessary for me to have stamped it before sending it to the post office.)
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Nous aurions dû estampiller tous les produits avant le lancement de la nouvelle campagne. (We should have stamped all the products before the launch of the new campaign.)
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Ils auraient aimé que les documents fussent estampillés avant la réunion. (They would have liked the documents to be stamped before the meeting.)
In all of these examples, estampiller is used to express a past action that was necessary or desired in a hypothetical or uncertain situation.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of estampiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse estampillé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse estampillé. | I wish I had stamped. |
tu | eusses estampillé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses estampillé. | I wish you had stamped. |
il | eût estampillé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût estampillé. | I wish he had stamped. |
elle | eût estampillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût estampillé. | I wish she had stamped. |
on | eût estampillé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût estampillé. | I wish one had stamped. |
nous | eussions estampillé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions estampillé. | I wish we had stamped. |
vous | eussiez estampillé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez estampillé. | I wish you had stamped. |
ils | eussent estampillé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent estampillé. | I wish they had stamped. |
elles | eussent estampillé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent estampillé. | I wish they had stamped. |
Other Conjugations for Estampiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estampiller
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Estampiller – 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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