Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Introduction to the verb expirer
The English translation of the French verb expirer is “to expire” or “to breathe out.” It is pronounced as [ɛk.spi.ʁe].
The word expirer comes from the Latin word “expirare,” meaning “to breathe out” or “to exhale.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a past, hypothetical action.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
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J’aurais aimé que tu aies expiré avant de me parler. (I wish you had exhaled before speaking to me.)
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Il avait peur que l’air qu’il ait expiré contienne des virus. (He was afraid that the air he had exhaled contained viruses.)
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Nous aurions voulu qu’ils eussent expiré leur contrat avant de partir en vacances. (We would have liked for them to have expired their contract before going on vacation.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of expirer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse expiré | J’aurais aimé que je eusse expiré. | I wish I had expired. |
tu | eusses expiré | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses expiré. | I wish you had expired. |
il | eût expiré | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût expiré. | I wish he had expired. |
elle | eût expiré | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût expiré. | I wish she had expired. |
on | eût expiré | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût expiré. | I wish one had expired. |
nous | eussions expiré | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions expiré. | I wish we had expired. |
vous | eussiez expiré | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez expiré. | I wish you had expired. |
ils | eussent expiré | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent expiré. | I wish they had expired. |
elles | eussent expiré | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent expiré. | I wish they had expired. |
Other Conjugations for Expirer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb expirer
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Expirer – 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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