Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Introduction to the verb marginer
The English translation of the French verb marginer is “to marginate” or “to put in the margin.” The infinitive form, marginer, is pronounced “mar-zhee-nay.”
The word marginer is derived from the French noun “marge,” meaning “margin” or “edge.” In everyday French, it is most commonly used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical action that would have taken place in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their English translations, are:
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J’avais demandé à mon professeur si je pouvais marginer mes notes, mais il m’a dit que c’était interdit. (I had asked my teacher if I could put my notes in the margin, but he told me it was not allowed.)
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Il aurait été plus facile de comprendre le texte si j’avais marginé les mots difficiles au préalable. (It would have been easier to understand the text if I had marginated the difficult words beforehand.)
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Nous aurions dû marginer les nouvelles informations dans le document pour qu’elles soient plus visibles. (We should have put the new information in the margin of the document so that it would be more visible.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of marginer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse marginé | J’aurais aimé que je eusse marginé. | I wish I had margined. |
tu | eusses marginé | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses marginé. | I wish you had margined. |
il | eût marginé | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût marginé. | I wish he had margined. |
elle | eût marginé | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût marginé. | I wish she had margined. |
on | eût marginé | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût marginé. | I wish one had margined. |
nous | eussions marginé | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions marginé. | I wish we had margined. |
vous | eussiez marginé | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez marginé. | I wish you had margined. |
ils | eussent marginé | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent marginé. | I wish they had margined. |
elles | eussent marginé | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent marginé. | I wish they had margined. |
Other Conjugations for Marginer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb marginer
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Marginer – 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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