Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Introduction to the verb maquer
The English translation of the French verb maquer is “to pimp.” It is pronounced as “mah-kay.”
The word “maquer” comes from the Old French term “macquer,” which meant “to mark or brand.” In modern French, it is primarily used in the sense of arranging sexual transactions or managing a brothel.
In everyday French, “maquer” is most often used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a past event that hypothetically or conditionally preceded another past event. For example:
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Il fallait que j’eusse maqué avant de rencontrer mon mari. (I had to have pimped before meeting my husband.)
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Si tu avais su, tu ne me l’aurais pas dit avant que je n’eusse maqué. (If you had known, you wouldn’t have told me before I had pimped.)
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Elle avait peur que sa mère l’eût surprise en train de maquer. (She was afraid that her mother had caught her pimping.)
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I had to have pimped before meeting my husband.
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If you had known, you wouldn’t have told me before I had pimped.
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She was afraid that her mother had caught her pimping.
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of maquer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse maqué | J’aurais aimé que je eusse maqué. | I wish I had dated. |
tu | eusses maqué | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses maqué. | I wish you had dated. |
il | eût maqué | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût maqué. | I wish he had dated. |
elle | eût maqué | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût maqué. | I wish she had dated. |
on | eût maqué | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût maqué. | I wish one had dated. |
nous | eussions maqué | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions maqué. | I wish we had dated. |
vous | eussiez maqué | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez maqué. | I wish you had dated. |
ils | eussent maqué | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent maqué. | I wish they had dated. |
elles | eussent maqué | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent maqué. | I wish they had dated. |
Other Conjugations for Maquer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb maquer
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Maquer – 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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