Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Introduction to the verb folâtrer
The English translation of the French verb folâtrer is “to frolic” or “to play around”. The infinitive form, folâtrer, is pronounced as “foh-laah-tray”.
Folâtrer comes from the Old French term “fuletrier”, which means “to fiddle”. It is derived from the Latin word “foliatrum”, which means “to trifle or jest”. In everyday French, folâtrer is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express actions that are wished or desired in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Je souhaitais que tu eusses folâtré avec moi hier soir. (I wished that you had frolicked with me last night.)
- Il était dommage que nous eussions folâtré au lieu de travailler. (It was a pity that we had played around instead of working.)
- Elles auraient préféré que leurs enfants eussent folâtré dans la cour plutôt que de rester à l’intérieur. (They would have preferred that their children had played around in the yard instead of staying inside.)
In all these examples, the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense expresses the idea of a wish or desire that was not fulfilled in the past. It is used to describe actions that were desired or expected to happen, but did not actually occur.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of folâtrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse folâtré | J’aurais aimé que je eusse folâtré. | I wish I had frolicked. |
tu | eusses folâtré | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses folâtré. | I wish you had frolicked. |
il | eût folâtré | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût folâtré. | I wish he had frolicked. |
elle | eût folâtré | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût folâtré. | I wish she had frolicked. |
on | eût folâtré | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût folâtré. | I wish one had frolicked. |
nous | eussions folâtré | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions folâtré. | I wish we had frolicked. |
vous | eussiez folâtré | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez folâtré. | I wish you had frolicked. |
ils | eussent folâtré | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent folâtré. | I wish they had frolicked. |
elles | eussent folâtré | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent folâtré. | I wish they had frolicked. |
Other Conjugations for Folâtrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb folâtrer
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Folâtrer – 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
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