Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Introduction to the verb filocher
The English translation of the French verb filocher is “to pinch” or “to steal.” The infinitive form is pronounced “fee-loh-shay.”
Filocher comes from the Old French word “filochier” which meant “to snare” or “to entangle.” It comes from the Latin word “filum” meaning “thread” and the suffix “-er” indicating the action of the verb.
In everyday French, filocher is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses an action that could have happened before another past action.
Examples:
- J’aimerais que tu n’aies pas filoché mon stylo avant de partir. (I wish you hadn’t pinched my pen before leaving.)
- Il fallait que je vérifie ma tirelire avant de me rendre compte que quelqu’un l’avait filochée. (I had to check my piggy bank before realizing that someone had stolen from it.)
- Les enfants auraient dû te prévenir s’ils t’avaient vu filocher des bonbons dans le placard. (The children should have warned you if they had seen you stealing candy from the cupboard.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of filocher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse filoché | J’aurais aimé que je eusse filoché. | I wish I had filched. |
tu | eusses filoché | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses filoché. | I wish you had filched. |
il | eût filoché | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût filoché. | I wish he had filched. |
elle | eût filoché | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût filoché. | I wish she had filched. |
on | eût filoché | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût filoché. | I wish one had filched. |
nous | eussions filoché | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions filoché. | I wish we had filched. |
vous | eussiez filoché | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez filoché. | I wish you had filched. |
ils | eussent filoché | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent filoché. | I wish they had filched. |
elles | eussent filoché | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent filoché. | I wish they had filched. |
Other Conjugations for Filocher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb filocher
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Filocher – 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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