Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Introduction to the verb friponner
The English translation of the French verb friponner is “to trick/to deceive.” The infinitive form is pronounced “free-pon-ay.”
The origin of the word friponner comes from the Old French word “fruipon,” meaning “rogue” or “scoundrel.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is used to express an unreal or hypothetical action that took place before another past action.
Here are three simple examples of friponner in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense:
- Il aurait fallu que je te dise la vérité avant que tu ne découvres par toi-même que je t’ai friponné. (I should have told you the truth before you found out on your own that I tricked you.)
- Si tu avais été plus attentif, tu aurais vu que tu te faisais toujours friponner par tes collègues. (If you had been more attentive, you would have seen that you were always being deceived by your colleagues.)
- J’étais convaincu qu’il ne m’avait pas friponné jusqu’à ce que je trouve les preuves de sa trahison. (I was convinced he hadn’t tricked me until I found the evidence of his betrayal.)
English translations:
- It would have been necessary for me to tell you the truth before you discovered on your own that I tricked you.
- If you had been more attentive, you would have seen that you were always being deceived by your colleagues.
- I was convinced he hadn’t tricked me until I found the evidence of his betrayal.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of friponner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse friponné | J’aurais aimé que je eusse friponné. | I wish I had played tricks. |
tu | eusses friponné | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses friponné. | I wish you had played tricks. |
il | eût friponné | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût friponné. | I wish he had played tricks. |
elle | eût friponné | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût friponné. | I wish she had played tricks. |
on | eût friponné | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût friponné. | I wish one had played tricks. |
nous | eussions friponné | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions friponné. | I wish we had played tricks. |
vous | eussiez friponné | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez friponné. | I wish you had played tricks. |
ils | eussent friponné | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent friponné. | I wish they had played tricks. |
elles | eussent friponné | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent friponné. | I wish they had played tricks. |
Other Conjugations for Friponner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb friponner
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Friponner – 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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