Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Introduction to the verb harponner
The English translation of the French verb harponner is “to spear, to harpoon.” It is pronounced “ar-po-nay.”
The word harponner comes from the French noun “harpon,” which means “harpoon.” It is derived from the Old French word “harpe,” meaning “hook.” Harponner is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical or uncertain action that would have taken place before another past action.
Example 1: Il fallait que je l’eusse harponné avant qu’il ne s’échappe.
Translation: I had to have harpooned him before he could escape.
Example 2: Si tu n’avais pas harponné le poisson, il ne serait pas mort.
Translation: If you hadn’t harpooned the fish, it wouldn’t have died.
Example 3: J’eusse préféré que nous l’eussions harponné ensemble.
Translation: I would have preferred if we had harpooned it together.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of harponner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse harponné | J’aurais aimé que je eusse harponné. | I wish I had harpooned. |
tu | eusses harponné | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses harponné. | I wish you had harpooned. |
il | eût harponné | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût harponné. | I wish he had harpooned. |
elle | eût harponné | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût harponné. | I wish she had harpooned. |
on | eût harponné | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût harponné. | I wish one had harpooned. |
nous | eussions harponné | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions harponné. | I wish we had harpooned. |
vous | eussiez harponné | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez harponné. | I wish you had harpooned. |
ils | eussent harponné | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent harponné. | I wish they had harpooned. |
elles | eussent harponné | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent harponné. | I wish they had harpooned. |
Other Conjugations for Harponner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb harponner
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Harponner – 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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