Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Introduction to the verb fristouiller
The English translation of the French verb fristouiller is “to fiddle with” or “to tinker with.” It is pronounced as “frees-too-yay.”
Fristouiller comes from the Old French word “fristouiller” which means “to play with one’s food.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is a past tense used to express a hypothetical or unreal action that occurred before another past action.
Example 1: J’aurais aimé que tu ne fristouilles pas avec le moteur de la voiture. (I wish you hadn’t fiddled with the car engine.)
Example 2: Il est évident qu’elle se souvient de lui avoir fristouillé les cheveux avant la soirée. (It’s clear that she remembers fiddling with his hair before the party.)
Example 3: Nous avions peur que le chat fristouille avec les fils électriques dans la maison. (We were afraid that the cat would tinker with the electrical wires in the house.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of fristouiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé que je eusse fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish I had fristouilled. |
tu | eusses fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé que tu eusses fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish you had fristouilled. |
il | eût fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé qu’il eût fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish he had fristouilled. |
elle | eût fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé qu’elle eût fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish she had fristouilled. |
on | eût fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé qu’on eût fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish one had fristouilled. |
nous | eussions fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé que nous eussions fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish we had fristouilled. |
vous | eussiez fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé que vous eussiez fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish you had fristouilled. |
ils | eussent fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish they had fristouilled. |
elles | eussent fristouillé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent fristouillé. | If I had known, I wish they had fristouilled. |
Other Conjugations for Fristouiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fristouiller
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Fristouiller – 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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