Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Introduction to the verb fossiliser
The English translation of the French verb fossiliser is “to fossilize.” It is pronounced as /fɔ.si.li.ze/.
The word “fossiliser” comes from the Latin word “fossilis,” meaning “dug up” or “dug out.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal action that took place in the past.
Here are three simple examples of how “fossiliser” is used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
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Je doutais que les ossements se soient fossilisés depuis si longtemps. (I doubted that the bones had fossilized for such a long time.)
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Il aurait fallu que les conditions soient parfaites pour que la plante se fossilise. (The conditions would have had to be perfect for the plant to fossilize.)
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Nous pensions qu’il y avait eu suffisamment de temps pour que la coquille se fossilise. (We thought there had been enough time for the shell to fossilize.)
English translations:
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I doubted that the bones had fossilized for such a long time.
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The conditions would have had to be perfect for the plant to fossilize.
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We thought there had been enough time for the shell to fossilize.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of fossiliser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse fossilisé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse fossilisé. | I wish I had fossilized. |
tu | eusses fossilisé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses fossilisé. | I wish you had fossilized. |
il | eût fossilisé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût fossilisé. | I wish he had fossilized. |
elle | eût fossilisé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût fossilisé. | I wish she had fossilized. |
on | eût fossilisé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût fossilisé. | I wish one had fossilized. |
nous | eussions fossilisé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions fossilisé. | I wish we had fossilized. |
vous | eussiez fossilisé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez fossilisé. | I wish you had fossilized. |
ils | eussent fossilisé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent fossilisé. | I wish they had fossilized. |
elles | eussent fossilisé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent fossilisé. | I wish they had fossilized. |
Other Conjugations for Fossiliser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fossiliser
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Fossiliser – 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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