Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Introduction to the verb fieffer
The English translation of the French verb “fieffer” is “to whistle.” It is pronounced as “fee-eh-fay.”
Fieffer comes from the Old French word “fieffer” which means “to whistle or hiss.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a hypothetical or past action. This tense is formed by using the imperfect subjunctive of the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Nous aurions dû lui dire d’arrêter de fieffer dans la salle de classe. (We should have told him to stop whistling in the classroom.)
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Si tu avais su, tu ne l’aurais pas laissé fieffer pendant le concert. (If you had known, you wouldn’t have let him whistle during the concert.)
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Il était interdit de fieffer pendant les heures de travail à l’usine. (It was forbidden to whistle during working hours at the factory.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of fieffer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse fieffé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse fieffé. | I wish I had sharpened. |
tu | eusses fieffé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses fieffé. | I wish you had sharpened. |
il | eût fieffé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût fieffé. | I wish he had sharpened. |
elle | eût fieffé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût fieffé. | I wish she had sharpened. |
on | eût fieffé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût fieffé. | I wish one had sharpened. |
nous | eussions fieffé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions fieffé. | I wish we had sharpened. |
vous | eussiez fieffé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez fieffé. | I wish you had sharpened. |
ils | eussent fieffé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent fieffé. | I wish they had sharpened. |
elles | eussent fieffé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent fieffé. | I wish they had sharpened. |
Other Conjugations for Fieffer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fieffer
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Fieffer – 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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