Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Introduction to the verb exterminer
The English translation of the French verb exterminer is “to exterminate.” It is pronounced as “eks-tehr-mee-neh.”
The language origin of exterminer comes from the Latin word “exterminare,” which means “to drive beyond boundaries” or “to destroy completely.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past tense of the Subjonctif mood used to express a completed action or a hypothetical situation in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Il était nécessaire que nous ayons exterminé les rats avant qu’ils ne prolifèrent davantage. (It was necessary that we had exterminated the rats before they multiplied even more.)
- J’aurais préféré que tu aies exterminé les mauvaises herbes avant qu’elles n’envahissent tout le jardin. (I would have preferred that you had exterminated the weeds before they took over the entire garden.)
- Il fallait absolument qu’ils aient exterminé les cafards avant qu’ils ne se répandent dans tout l’immeuble. (It was absolutely necessary that they had exterminated the cockroaches before they spread throughout the building.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of exterminer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse exterminé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse exterminé. | I wish I had exterminated. |
tu | eusses exterminé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses exterminé. | I wish you had exterminated. |
il | eût exterminé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût exterminé. | I wish he had exterminated. |
elle | eût exterminé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût exterminé. | I wish she had exterminated. |
on | eût exterminé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût exterminé. | I wish one had exterminated. |
nous | eussions exterminé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions exterminé. | I wish we had exterminated. |
vous | eussiez exterminé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez exterminé. | I wish you had exterminated. |
ils | eussent exterminé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent exterminé. | I wish they had exterminated. |
elles | eussent exterminé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent exterminé. | I wish they had exterminated. |
Other Conjugations for Exterminer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb exterminer
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Exterminer – 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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