Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Introduction to the verb garrotter
The English translation of the French verb garrotter is “to strangle” or “to throttle.” It is pronounced as “ga-roh-tay.”
The word garrotter comes from the Spanish word “garrote,” meaning “stick” or “club.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which is the past subjunctive tense.
Examples of usage in this tense are:
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Il fallait que je l’eusse garrotté avant qu’il ne fasse plus de mal. (I had to strangle him before he could do any more harm.)
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Nous craignions qu’il n’eût déjà garrotté la victime. (We were afraid he had already strangled the victim.)
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Elle doutait que les policiers eussent trouvé le tueur qui avait garrotté leur ami. (She doubted that the police had found the killer who had strangled their friend.)
English translations:
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I had to strangle him before he could do any more harm.
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We were afraid he had already strangled the victim.
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She doubted that the police had found the killer who had strangled their friend.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of garrotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse garrotté | Il était temps que je eusse garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for me to have garrotted this criminal. |
tu | eusses garrotté | Il était temps que tu eusses garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for you to have garrotted this criminal. |
il | eût garrotté | Il était temps qu’il eût garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for him to have garrotted this criminal. |
elle | eût garrotté | Il était temps qu’elle eût garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for her to have garrotted this criminal. |
on | eût garrotté | Il était temps qu’on eût garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for one to have garrotted this criminal. |
nous | eussions garrotté | Il était temps que nous eussions garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for us to have garrotted this criminal. |
vous | eussiez garrotté | Il était temps que vous eussiez garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for you to have garrotted this criminal. |
ils | eussent garrotté | Il était temps qu’ils eussent garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for them to have garrotted this criminal. |
elles | eussent garrotté | Il était temps qu’elles eussent garrotté ce criminel. | It was time for them to have garrotted this criminal. |
Other Conjugations for Garrotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
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Garrotter – 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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