Pluperfect Subjunctive - Plus-que-parfait du subjonctif - French Grammar

Definition: A French compound tense - the literary equivalent of the past subjunctive.

Formation: Imperfect subjunctive auxiliary verb + past participle

Examples:

Je fus heureux que tu eusses vu Luc.
I was happy that you saw Luc.

Ce fut dommage qu'il ne fût pas venu à Paris.
It's too bad that he didn't come to Paris.

Also known as: Past perfect subjunctive

Misspelling: Plusqueparfait du subjonctif, sobjonctif, subjunctif, subjonctive

Related lessons: Pluperfect subjunctive - Compound tenses - Literary tenses - Verb timeline

Related terms: pluperfect - past subjunctive - auxiliary verb - past participle - compound tense