Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Introduction to the verb formater
The English translation of the French verb formater is “to format.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “fohr-mah-tay.”
The language origin of formater can be traced back to the Latin word “formare,” meaning “to form.” It entered the French language in the 16th century and evolved to mean “to shape” or “to mold.” In modern French, it is most often used in the context of technology, specifically to refer to the act of formatting a computer disk or storage device.
In the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, formater is used to express a hypothetical action or event that was completed before another action or event in the past. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with the respective English translations:
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J’avais peur que tu aies formaté mon disque dur avant que je l’aie sauvegardé. (I was afraid you had formatted my hard drive before I had backed it up.)
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Il avait l’impression que sa sœur eût formaté son ordinateur sans son autorisation. (He had the impression that his sister had formatted his computer without his permission.)
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Nous avions peur qu’ils eussent formaté toutes les données avant que nous les ayons récupérées. (We were afraid they had formatted all the data before we had retrieved them.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of formater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse formaté | J’aurais aimé que je eusse formaté. | I wish I had formatted. |
tu | eusses formaté | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses formaté. | I wish you had formatted. |
il | eût formaté | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût formaté. | I wish he had formatted. |
elle | eût formaté | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût formaté. | I wish she had formatted. |
on | eût formaté | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût formaté. | I wish one had formatted. |
nous | eussions formaté | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions formaté. | I wish we had formatted. |
vous | eussiez formaté | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez formaté. | I wish you had formatted. |
ils | eussent formaté | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent formaté. | I wish they had formatted. |
elles | eussent formaté | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent formaté. | I wish they had formatted. |
Other Conjugations for Formater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
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Formater – 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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