Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Introduction to the verb estropier
The English translation of the French verb estropier is “to cripple” or “to maim.” The infinitive form of estropier is pronounced as “es-tro-pee-ay.”
Estropier comes from the Old French word “estropie,” meaning “crippled” or “injured,” which in turn comes from the Latin word “strupus,” meaning “to limp.” In everyday French, estropier is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express an action that is hypothetical or uncertain in the past.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
- Il est possible que j’aie estropié mon pied en jouant au football. (It is possible that I had crippled my foot while playing soccer.)
- Elle craignait que sa mère n’ait été estropiée dans l’accident de voiture. (She feared that her mother had been maimed in the car accident.)
- Nous espérions que le soldat ne se fût pas estropié pendant la guerre. (We hoped that the soldier had not become crippled during the war.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of estropier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse estropié | J’aurais aimé que je eusse estropié mon pied. | I wish I had injured my foot. |
tu | eusses estropié | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses estropié ton pied. | I wish you had injured your foot. |
il | eût estropié | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût estropié son pied. | I wish he had injured his foot. |
elle | eût estropié | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût estropié son pied. | I wish she had injured her foot. |
on | eût estropié | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût estropié son pied. | I wish one had injured their foot. |
nous | eussions estropié | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions estropié nos pieds. | I wish we had injured our feet. |
vous | eussiez estropié | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez estropié vos pieds. | I wish you had injured your feet. |
ils | eussent estropié | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent estropié leurs pieds. | I wish they had injured their feet. |
elles | eussent estropié | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent estropié leurs pieds. | I wish they had injured their feet. |
Other Conjugations for Estropier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb estropier
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Estropier – 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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