Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Introduction to the verb ingénier
The English translation of the French verb ingénier is “to engineer” or “to devise.” It is pronounced as “an-jen-ye” in its infinitive form.
Ingénier comes from the French word “ingénieur,” meaning engineer, which in turn comes from the Latin word “ingenium,” meaning “skill” or “talent.” In everyday French, ingénier is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (subjunctive past perfect) tense, which is used to express a past action that could have taken place, but didn’t.
Examples:
- J’aurais aimé que tu aies ingénié une solution plus efficace. (I wish you had engineered a more efficient solution.)
- Si j’avais su comment ingénier cette machine, je l’aurais fait il y a longtemps. (If I had known how to engineer this machine, I would have done it a long time ago.)
- Il était temps que nous ayons ingénié une stratégie pour résoudre ce problème. (It was time for us to engineer a strategy to solve this problem.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of ingénier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse ingénié | J’aurais préféré que je eusse ingénié. | I wish I had engineered. |
tu | eusses ingénié | J’aurais préféré que tu eusses ingénié. | I wish you had engineered. |
il | eût ingénié | J’aurais préféré qu’il eût ingénié. | I wish he had engineered. |
elle | eût ingénié | J’aurais préféré qu’elle eût ingénié. | I wish she had engineered. |
on | eût ingénié | J’aurais préféré qu’on eût ingénié. | I wish one had engineered. |
nous | eussions ingénié | J’aurais préféré que nous eussions ingénié. | I wish we had engineered. |
vous | eussiez ingénié | J’aurais préféré que vous eussiez ingénié. | I wish you had engineered. |
ils | eussent ingénié | J’aurais préféré qu’ils eussent ingénié. | I wish they had engineered. |
elles | eussent ingénié | J’aurais préféré qu’elles eussent ingénié. | I wish they had engineered. |
Other Conjugations for Ingénier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ingénier
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Ingénier – 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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