Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Introduction to the verb flotter
The English translation of the French verb flotter is “to float”. It is pronounced as “flo-tay” in its infinitive form.
The word flotter comes from the Old French term “floter”, which is derived from the Latin word “fluctuare” meaning “to fluctuate”. In everyday French, flotter is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the subjunctive past perfect tense. This tense is used to express an action that could have happened in the past, but didn’t.
Here are three simple examples of flotter in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense with their respective English translations:
- Je craignais qu’il n’eût flotté jusqu’à la rive opposée. (I was afraid that he had floated to the opposite shore.)
- Nous espérions qu’ils eussent flotté jusqu’à la fin de la course. (We hoped that they had floated until the end of the race.)
- Il était possible que le bateau eût flotté jusqu’au port sans encombre. (It was possible that the boat had floated to the port without any trouble.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of flotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse flotté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse flotté. | I wish I had floated. |
tu | eusses flotté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses flotté. | I wish you had floated. |
il | eût flotté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût flotté. | I wish he had floated. |
elle | eût flotté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût flotté. | I wish she had floated. |
on | eût flotté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût flotté. | I wish one had floated. |
nous | eussions flotté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions flotté. | I wish we had floated. |
vous | eussiez flotté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez flotté. | I wish you had floated. |
ils | eussent flotté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent flotté. | I wish they had floated. |
elles | eussent flotté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent flotté. | I wish they had floated. |
Other Conjugations for Flotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flotter
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Flotter – 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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