The Subjonctif Passé / Subjunctive Past ist the past of the Subjonctif Présent. It describes wishes, possibilities and insecurity as well as feelings that are already over.
Examples:
|
French |
English |
Declarative Sentence |
Je ne crois pas que tu sois allé directement à la maison. |
I don’t believe that you directly went home. |
Negative Declarative Sentence |
Je ne crois pas que tu ne sois pas allé directement à la maison. |
I don’t believe that you didn’t go home directly. |
Question |
Est-ce qu’il fallait que tu vas? |
Did you have to go? |
Form:
The Subjonctif Passé is formed from the a form of “avoir” - to have - (no movement) or “être” - to be - (movement) and the participe passé / past particple.
avoir - to have
French | English |
que j’aie |
that I have |
que tu aies |
that you have |
qu’il / elle / on aie |
that he / she / it / has |
que nous ayons |
that we have |
que vous ayez |
that you have |
qu’ils / elles aient |
that they have |
être - to be
French | English |
que je sois |
that I am |
que tu sois |
that you are |
qu’il / elle / on soit |
that he / she / it / is |
que nous soyons |
that we are |
que vous soyez |
that you are |
qu’ils / elles soient |
that they are |
The Participe Passé is the second part of the Subjonctif Passé.
List of the most important verbs that use “être” - to be - to form the sujunctive passé:
Infinitive |
Participe Passé / |
English |
aller |
allé |
to go |
arriver |
arrivé |
to arrive |
descendre |
descendu |
to go down |
devenir |
devenu |
to become |
entrer |
entré |
to enter |
monter |
monté |
to get on |
mourir |
mort |
to die |
naître |
né |
to be born |
partir |
parti |
to leave |
rentrer |
rentré |
to come back |
rester |
resté |
to stay |
retourner |
retourné |
to return |
revenir |
revenu |
to come back |
sortir |
sorti |
to go out |
tomber |
tombé |
to fall |
venir |
venu |
to come |
Also read:
French - Conditionnel Présent - il mangerait
French - Future in the Past / Futur Antérieur / Futur II - il aura mangé
French - Le Futur Antérieur - pdf
French - Futur Composé / Futur Proche - je vais aller
French - Le Futur Composé - pdf
French - Future Present / Avenir / Future I - j'irai
French - Le Futur Simple - pdf
French - Imparfait / Past Tense
French - il y a - c'est - ... - pdf
French - Negation - ne ... pas, ne ... rien, ne ... aucun, ne ... jamais
French - Participe Passé / Past Participle
French - Participe Présent / Present Participle
French - Passé Composé - j'ai fait
French - Passé Composé and Imparfait
French - Le Passé Composé - pdf
French - Le Passé Composé / L'Imparfait - pdf
French - Plus-que-parfait - j'avais fait
and:
French - Le Pronom Possessif - pdf
French - Pronoun - Demonstrative Pronoun - ce, cet, cette, ces
French - Pronoun - Demonstrative Pronoun - celui
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