Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Introduction to the verb materner
The English translation of the French verb materner is “to mother” or “to motherly care for.” It is pronounced as “mah-ter-nay.”
The word materner is derived from the French word “mater” which means “mother.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense to express a past or hypothetical action that a mother would have done or should have done.
Examples:
- Je souhaitais que ma mère m’ait materné plus quand j’étais enfant. (I wished my mother had motherly cared for me more when I was a child.)
- Elle aurait aimé que sa mère maternât ses enfants plus souvent. (She would have liked her mother to motherly care for her children more often.)
- Si ma mère m’avait materné davantage, je serais peut-être plus confiante aujourd’hui. (If my mother had motherly cared for me more, I would perhaps be more confident today.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of materner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse materné | J’aurais aimé que je eusse materné. | I wish I had mothered. |
tu | eusses materné | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses materné. | I wish you had mothered. |
il | eût materné | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût materné. | I wish he had mothered. |
elle | eût materné | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût materné. | I wish she had mothered. |
on | eût materné | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût materné. | I wish one had mothered. |
nous | eussions materné | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions materné. | I wish we had mothered. |
vous | eussiez materné | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez materné. | I wish you had mothered. |
ils | eussent materné | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent materné. | I wish they had mothered. |
elles | eussent materné | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent materné. | I wish they had mothered. |
Other Conjugations for Materner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb materner
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Materner – 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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